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LEWIS HOWARD JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 3, 1949 – July 7, 1970
Service recordLewis Howard JR, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on July 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 128
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 7, 1970
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 128
- JOHN A HOTTELL IIIMajor · July 7, 1970
- DAVID LEWIS MEADOWSSpecialist Four · July 7, 1970
- WILLIAM FREDERICK MICHELFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1970
- RONALD JOHN NATALIESpecialist Four · July 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM DAMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 126
- THOMAS DAVID GILLASPYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 127
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GRIMMCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 127
- GERALD LEE RISINGERSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 129
- CHARLES ELBERT BEALSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 103
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.