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HOWARD D ULMER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1942 – October 3, 1966
Service recordHoward D Ulmer JR, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 175 AVN CP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 42
- JAMES E JONESSergeant Major · October 3, 1966
- BENJAMIN IRVIN WARRENStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- RAYMOND LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- DENNIS LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- WILLIAM D SIZEMORESergeant First Class · June 28, 1967
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.