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JAMES EDWARD HOWARD JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1944 – November 2, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Howard JR, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 10
- ROBERT MICHAEL FOLEYLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH HUGHESLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- MIKE GOMEZ IBARRALance Corporal · November 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EDWARD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 13
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.