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JIMMY LEE HOWARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1949 – October 20, 1968
Service recordJimmy Lee Howard, of Grambling, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Grambling, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 6
- EDWARD JOSEPH THIBODEAUXLance Corporal · October 19, 1968
- JERRY GLEN BRIDGESStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DEITSCHChief Warrant Officer 4 · October 20, 1968
- PAUL EARL FOUGHT JRPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD REHDERSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 8
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.