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RONALD HERBERT HOWARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1948 – March 16, 1969
Service recordRonald Herbert Howard, of Smyrna, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 53
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Smyrna, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29W, Line 53
- JOHN LEONARD GAWELPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- DOUGLAS DRUE GAYLORDCaptain · March 16, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL GROVESCorporal · March 16, 1969
- RUDOLPH JONESSergeant · March 16, 1969
From Smyrna
- TROY DAVID PAYNE JRCorporal · April 26, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD KELLY JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE WOODPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
- JAMES LARRY WESTSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- GARY WILLIAM PAINTERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- TERRY LEE MULKEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- CHARLES DANIEL SMITHLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- FRED BUFFINGTONLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- WILBUR LAWRENCE MILAM IIIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT GLENNSpecialist Four · February 11, 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.