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RAY HOWARD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1942 – July 23, 1968
Service recordRay Howard JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 41
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- January 25, 1942
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 41
- GANNON CLARK MILBY JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL HOGUESpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- DENNIS EARL IJAMSCorporal · July 23, 1968
- FRANCIS DAVID LEO JOHNSONSpecialist Five · July 23, 1968
- GARY ELTON LEEPrivate · July 23, 1968
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.