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HOWARD CARLTON ARD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1930 – August 18, 1969
Service recordHoward Carlton Ard, of Jay, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 58
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 21, 1930
- Home of record
- Jay, Florida (Santa Rosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 58
- NORMAN DWANE AUTENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 18, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD BARRETTPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN BASSIGNANIFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1969
- NEWTON THOMAS BELL JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HUGHES DONAWAYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 59
From Jay
- JOHN HENRY CANNONWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- CLIFFORD DEVON WRIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 27, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.