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HOWARD CHARLES HEARD
Private · U.S. Army
September 6, 1950 – June 10, 1969
Service recordHoward Charles Heard, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 13
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1950
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 13
- LONNIE HUGHLEN HARRISONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HOWARDSergeant · June 10, 1969
- MYRON DALE KJELLERSONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE WILLARD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 16
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.