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ROBERT CLARENCE HOWARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1928 – November 4, 1967
Service recordRobert Clarence Howard, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 20
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 16, 1928
- Home of record
- Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 20
- RONALD JEROME BRITTCorporal · November 4, 1967
- NICKLOS BYRON JANESSergeant · November 4, 1967
- CLYDE WALTER KLINGENSMITHSpecialist Four · November 4, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN LOVELACEFirst Sergeant · November 4, 1967
From Beaver Falls
- JOHN LEROY STRALEYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1964
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- DAVID CARL LOUTHANLance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD GOEDEKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICHLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS ROEDERSergeant · October 29, 1968
- RONNIE LEE ECKENROADPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM STRATHMANNCorporal · June 8, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT WORKMANPrivate First Class · June 30, 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.