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ROY WILLIAM HOWARD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1949 – August 2, 1968
Service recordRoy William Howard, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 50
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Kw-7 Cryptographic Technician (2815)
- Born
- October 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 50
- CARL LEWIS GENERALPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- RICHARD DEAN GOENLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
- RONALD LOUIS GRENIERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN GRIGGSPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 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.