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SAMUEL HENRY HOWARD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 25, 1926 – December 2, 1967
Service recordSamuel Henry Howard, of Wingate, Indiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 24
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Born
- November 25, 1926
- Home of record
- Wingate, Indiana (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 24
- THOMAS LEANDRA HERRINGPrivate First Class · December 2, 1967
- RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAYSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- DAVID A KREITZERChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 2, 1967
- WALLACE WILSON LEEPERChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
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.