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JAMES RAY HOWARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – November 9, 1967
Service recordJames Ray Howard, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam 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 59
- RICHARD MAXWELL HOOTSCorporal · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH RONALD HUNTERCaptain · November 9, 1967
- MAX RALPH IDOMPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE JARVISpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MICHAEL BATESSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 56
- ANTHONY EUGENE BUCKNERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 56
- DONALD STEVEN HOLKESpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 58
- ROBERT LAWRENCE HALEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 60
- DENNIS RICHARD PODGORNYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 61
- ROBERT E SCHARON IIICorporal · Panel 29E, Line 61
- LARRY DOUGLAS SHARPPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 62
- BILLY TEMPLETONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 63
- FREDDIE LEE THOMAS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 63
- QUINN WILLIAM TICHENORPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 63
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 64
- ROBERT J WINTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 64
- TYRONE WRIGHTSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 64
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.