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ROBERT LOUIS HOWARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1945 – June 10, 1969
Service recordRobert Louis Howard, of Norwich, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Norwich, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 13
- LONNIE HUGHLEN HARRISONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- HOWARD CHARLES HEARDPrivate · June 10, 1969
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- MYRON DALE KJELLERSONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
From Norwich
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · November 27, 1965
- FRANCIS CHARLES DONOHUEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- HAROLD RICHARD NIELSENCorporal · July 21, 1967
- DAVID VAUTOURLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- ALTON BROWNING SEBASTIANSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD DONOVANPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN GRILLO JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- AARON LIEB ROSENSTREICHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- WILLIAM LINCOLN MARCYSergeant · May 20, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · April 13, 1970
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.