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MARK THOMAS HOWARD
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 20, 1946 – November 16, 1967
Service recordMark Thomas Howard, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 2
- GERALD CRAGGSergeant · November 16, 1967
- KEITH A FELTZSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- LEONARD EUGENE FRITZPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH HAMMERLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE ROGER ADAMSSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 103
- JOHN FRANCIS BETTENCOURTPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 104
- DONALD WILLIAM BOYERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 104
- ROBERT WILLIAM BREDESpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 104
- JESSIE WENDELL CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 1
- PAUL MARVIN CRONK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 1
- GERALD CRAGGSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 2
- ARNOLD EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 3
- DAVID ROGER KEATONPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 3
- GEORGE KENNETH KOONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 4
- JOHN LANCE LINDABERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 4
- JOHN STEVEN MCCONNELLSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 4
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 5
- JAMES EMMETT STONEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 5
- GLENN ROBERT WYLIESergeant · Panel 30E, Line 6
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.