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JOHN CHARLES HOWLAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – February 9, 1967
Service recordJohn Charles Howland, of Bradley, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 12
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Bradley, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 12
- EARL QUINNON QUARTERMANPrivate · February 9, 1967
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- OLLIE TUCKERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH VITANZASergeant · February 9, 1967
From Bradley
- KENNETH CARL JOHNSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- RONALD NEIL SAMPLELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
- DANIEL LEE OVERRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL RATTINStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES HOUSMANSpecialist Four · December 18, 1969
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.