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HOWARD M GIFFORD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1934 – March 29, 1968
Service recordHoward M Gifford, of Ferndale, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 62
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications System Circuit Controller (32D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 7, 1934
- Home of record
- Ferndale, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 62
- CARL LEE CARSONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE GANDYSecond Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- CORNELL HARRISON GIBSONLance Corporal · March 29, 1968
- THOMAS CARMEN HENRYLance Corporal · March 29, 1968
From Ferndale
- LYLE WAYNE MORRISPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- DAVID ERVIN HUBNERFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1970
- TIMOTHY JON JACOBSENSergeant · May 16, 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.