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HOWARD P HOWLAND JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1945 – June 20, 1968
Service recordHoward P Howland JR, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 6
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Field Artillery Officer (I) (0801)
- Born
- November 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 6
- DAVID THOMAS BELLCorporal · June 20, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD HARRISONCorporal · June 20, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID HEADRICKPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- GERALD LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.