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HOWARD LEE ELDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1951 – July 8, 1970
Service recordHoward Lee Elder, of Texarkana, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 130
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Texas (Bowie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- 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 July 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 130
- TONY MANUEL FLOREZSergeant · July 8, 1970
- HAROLD LEROY FRANKSergeant · July 8, 1970
- RANDOLPH EDWIN GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- JAMES EARL HUPPSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
From Texarkana
- DEANE ALVA POMEROYWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1964
- RICHARD EDWARD STEELMajor · November 4, 1965
- RODNEY JOSEPH WILSONSpecialist Five · September 3, 1966
- ODDIE C HAILEYSergeant · June 23, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE LAIRDSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1968
- ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE LYNN HARLANDSergeant · May 1, 1968
- ISAAC LEE HENDERSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- STEPHEN OWEN MUSSELMANLieutenant · September 10, 1972
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.