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JAMES GEORGE HOWARD JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1945 – June 1, 1970
Service recordJames George Howard JR, of Nederland, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 130
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Nederland, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 130
- ROBERT MICHAEL FITZGERALDMajor · June 1, 1970
- WILBER DALE FRAHMPetty Officer First Class · June 1, 1970
- KEITH ARTHUR HELDCorporal · June 1, 1970
- ROE HOPSON JRSergeant · June 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CAMPBELL MOSSNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 131
- AULDON KEITH WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 132
From Nederland
- JOHN CARNUL MYATTPrivate · May 10, 1963
- ARVIN DOUGLAS PENNELLSergeant · May 25, 1966
- JAMES P FERGUSONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BOBBY GENE VINSONColonel · April 24, 1968
- WILLIAM TERREL MCNAIRMajor · September 17, 1969
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.