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JULIUS JAKE HOWARD JR
Private · U.S. Army
January 9, 1947 – March 5, 1968
Service recordJulius Jake Howard JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 7
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 7
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- LUCIOUS HUTCHINSStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- JAMES RAY INBODENSergeant · March 5, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NELSON JOSEPH BOURDAGEMaster Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 6
- LUCIOUS HUTCHINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 7
- RICHARD SMITH LOWESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 43E, Line 9
- JOSIAH SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 11
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.