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JOHN ALLAN HOWE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1945 – November 14, 1969
Service recordJohn Allan Howe, of Mt Pleasant, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 74
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Mt Pleasant, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 74
- JOHN WILLIAM FRITTERAirman · November 14, 1969
- VICTOR MILFORD HAGLUND JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- DANIEL LEE JURGENSENPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- ERNEST JAMES LAGRAYPrivate · November 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD RANDAL DASEN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 73
- THOMAS HOWARD SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 76
From Mt Pleasant
- DONALD FRANK SCHMIDTCaptain · June 20, 1966
- PATRICK CHARLES COUGHLINPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- THOMAS J PRICESpecialist Five · April 12, 1970
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.