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HOWARD DENNIS LANDRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 12, 1949 – April 17, 1970
Service recordHoward Dennis Landry, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 17
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; ten of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 17
- FRANK MCCRARY KITCHENS JRLance Corporal · April 17, 1970
- MARK ALLEN LILIENTHALLance Corporal · April 17, 1970
- FREDERICK CURTIS MARSHSergeant · April 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD RIVERS ANDREWS JRCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 16
- ALVIN EUCLID CROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 16
- DEAN ALLEN HARIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 16
- WILLIAM KENNETH HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 16
- FREDERICK CURTIS MARSHSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 17
- HARVEY DAVID ROGERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 18
- FREDERICK M SIMEONOFFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 19
- JACK DEWAYNE TUGGLE JRSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- BARCLAY LEONARD VOLKStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WEIKSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 19
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
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.