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HOWARD SIDNEY LAMB
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1950 – February 28, 1971
Service recordHoward Sidney Lamb, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 12
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 12
- ALBION JOE BERGANTZELCorporal · February 28, 1971
- EARL EDWARD MCCARTYSpecialist Four · February 28, 1971
- MORRIS ALFRED SIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1971
- CHARLES G TAUBERMAN SRStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH GUY HART JRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 11
- JOHN WALTER KUPKOWSKISergeant · Panel 4W, Line 11
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 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.