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JIMMIE HOWARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1944 – April 23, 1967
Service recordJimmie Howard, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 75
- GEORGE ROBERT HARRISONCorporal · April 23, 1967
- JOSE G HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN IVESSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- LAWRENCE FRANK LEWELLINLance Corporal · April 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN LYNN COLOPYSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 74
- CHARLES ROBERT NUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 76
- JAMES LEROY RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 76
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.