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HOWARD S LINDECAMP JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1946 – August 30, 1967
Service recordHoward S Lindecamp JR, of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Born
- September 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Kennett Square, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 69
- BENJAMIN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · August 30, 1967
- RALPH MAX KNIGHTSergeant · August 30, 1967
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
From Kennett Square
- DONALD EDWARD BROSIUSMaster Sergeant · July 19, 1968
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.