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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Howard Earl Rothring JR.

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HOWARD EARL ROTHRING JR

Private · U.S. Army

November 26, 1944 – April 14, 1966

Service record

Howard Earl Rothring JR, of Crothersville, Indiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 6E · Line 113

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private (PVT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
November 26, 1944
Home of record
Crothersville, Indiana (Jackson County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 14, 1966
Age
21
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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What was happening

Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.

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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.