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LUTHER HARRIS HOWARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – June 30, 1967
Service recordLuther Harris Howard, of Hamlet, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 87
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 35 ARTY 54 GP
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Hamlet, North Carolina (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 87
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- RONALD ALAN GILLYPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- THOMAS ARTHUR GODDEAUCorporal · June 30, 1967
- JOHN ALEXANDER HOUSE IICaptain · June 30, 1967
From Hamlet
- JAMES ARTHUR ASHECRAFTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- LONNIE ELLERBE JRLance Corporal · August 13, 1968
- NOAH LELAND SMITHPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- DONALD LINCOLN COVINGTONPrivate First Class · July 8, 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.