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HOWARD THOMAS FOX
Major · U.S. Army
June 2, 1937 – February 25, 1969
Service recordHoward Thomas Fox, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 47
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- General Surgeon (3150)
- Born
- June 2, 1937
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 47
- JUAN GASTONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- KENNETH RAY GILLIAMLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- JOSE LUIS GONZALEZPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- PHIL DAVID JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1969
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.