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JAMES J HOWARD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 2, 1938 – November 1, 1965
Service recordJames J Howard, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · 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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1938
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 12
- GRAT GELEANE MYERSCorporal · August 24, 1965
- NEIL RONALD HANSSergeant · November 1, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- JAMES HOOVERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE ASHLEY BALMERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 10
- GORDON SAMUEL HUGGINSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 13
- PETER RUZILA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 13
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
- CLARENCE WILLIAM HOWARDLance Corporal · January 31, 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.