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HOWARD HUGH WITHEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1947 – June 6, 1967
Service recordHoward Hugh Withey, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 64
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, Arkansas (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 64
- MITCHELL NICK STUPARLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- BILLY LEE TOBIASSpecialist Four · June 6, 1967
- EDGAR HENRY VALLECILLOCorporal · June 6, 1967
- JACKIE RANDLE BAIRDLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
From Fayetteville
- ROBERT VICTOR KEMPFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1967
- HARMON L REMMEL IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
- BOBBY JOE DUNHAMSergeant First Class · January 9, 1969
- VIRGIL KERSH MERONEY IIICaptain · March 1, 1969
- SANFORD JAMES LEDBETTERSergeant · August 27, 1969
- EDWARD BRUCE MELODYWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1970
- MARVIN ROSS KEETERSergeant · December 2, 1971
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.