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HOWARD RUDOLPH CODY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 5, 1934 – November 24, 1963
Service recordHoward Rudolph Cody, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 24, 1963, in Anxuyen Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 35
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 612 FTR SQ
- Born
- September 5, 1934
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1963
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Anxuyen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1963; he was the only one lost in Anxuyen Province that day. In November 1963, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 35
- DUANE EDWARD LIMBERGPrivate · December 1, 1963
- CHESTER DAVIS TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · December 1, 1963
- GARY W BITTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- NORMAN RAY DAVISONCaptain · December 6, 1963
From Gulfport
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 29, 1969
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
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.