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RALPH ARTHUR HOWARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1948 – February 10, 1970
Service recordRalph Arthur Howard, of Hillsboro, New Hampshire, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 121
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 121
- ALVIN LEONARD HALVERSONStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1970
- THOMAS MARVIN HILL JRCorporal · February 10, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH KULIKOWSKICorporal · February 10, 1970
- EDWARD DEAN LOCKETTPrivate · February 10, 1970
From Hillsboro
- WILLIAM EARL CATESergeant · September 15, 1966
- ROBERT SHEEHAN CASTELOTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
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.