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JAMES BYRON HOWARD
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
July 26, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordJames Byron Howard, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 5
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 5
- JAMES HOLTCorporal · June 6, 1968
- RICHARD ANCIL HOLTFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- FRANKLIN WERNER HOOPS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- CLARENCE E HORNBUCKLE JRMaster Sergeant · June 6, 1968
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 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.