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HOWARD DAVID STRAUSS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1947 – October 26, 1966
Service recordHoward David Strauss, of Monaca, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 115
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Monaca, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 115
- ALVIN MARION SHIFFLETT JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1966
- GERALD WILLIAM SIEBELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- JAMES ANDREW SMITHLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- THOMAS EDMUND SPITZERLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
From Monaca
- MICHAEL PETER MARTIN JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1963
- JAMES FRANCIS TRITTPetty Officer Second Class · July 7, 1967
- BAY BENTON BOOTHEStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1968
- PHILIP MASTRAMICOSergeant · 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.