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LAWRENCE EDWARD HOWARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1947 – August 16, 1967
Service recordLawrence Edward Howard, of Morrison, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Morrison, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 1
- JOHN ROBERT HINSONPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- LELAND WAYNE HYSLOPCorporal · August 16, 1967
- JOHN HUBERT JONESSergeant · August 16, 1967
- GEORGE PETER KLAUSSpecialist Four · August 16, 1967
From Morrison
- DOUGLAS JOHN HAAN JRCorporal · December 20, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS BRIGHTMANCaptain · October 31, 1969
- HARRY ARLO AMESBURY JRMajor · April 26, 1972
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.