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JAMES VAN HOWARD
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 27, 1947 – October 30, 1968
Service recordJames Van Howard, of Madison, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 58
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 58
- RICHARD WAYNE HORSLEYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE JANSENIUSSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
- GEORGE JOHN KENDRASergeant First Class · October 30, 1968
- GARY LEE MATSONSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALE HARLAN AMUNDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 56
- LARRY BLAINE DURSTCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 57
- JIM GLENN BELL JRSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 59
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · Panel 40W, Line 59
From Madison
- MICHAEL ALLEN JONESSergeant · September 28, 1967
- JACK MCCRARYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- CHARLES PAUL HEADLEYSpecialist Four · February 17, 1968
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.