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NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 29, 1947 – May 20, 1967
Service recordNorman Perry Howie JR, of Concord, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 60
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Concord, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 20E, Line 60
- RICHARD ALLEN HARDINLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- RICHARD EARL HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- DAVID EARL HARTSOEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JEFFREY REX HUGHESSergeant · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE FENNESSEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 56
- GERALD CHARLES HAGUEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 59
- DAVID JOSEPH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 61
From Concord
- JAMES HENRY FURRLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARLEE CANUP JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 14, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JAMES JUNIUS GRAYSergeant First Class · July 15, 1967
- TROY ALEXANDER GALYANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GARY STEVEN CHRISTENBURYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS PEEKPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOHN LEROY PARTEESergeant First Class · March 29, 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.