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STEVEN DALE HOWARD
Captain · U.S. Army
March 23, 1941 – October 31, 1972
Service recordSteven Dale Howard, of El Dorado, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1972, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 87
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1941
- Home of record
- El Dorado, Kansas (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1972
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1972; 15 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 87
- CHARLES A MCSWINEY JRStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1972
- KENNETH JAMES SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1972
- JAMES MITCHELL STEVERChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 31, 1972
- CHARLES LEROY STEWART JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DAVID BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 85
- RAYMOND LEE GOODCHILDSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 85
- LOUIS OSCAR CALDERONSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- ROGER RIDGELY CHAMBLISSSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- RICHARD BARTON FREEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- JAMES MITCHELL STEVERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 87
- CHARLES LEROY STEWART JRSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 87
- TIMOTHY ARMA THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 88
- RONALD LEE VANLANDINGHAMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 88
- DAVID EDWARDS WISCHEMANNSpecialist Five · Panel 1W, Line 88
- DELBERT ROY WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 89
From El Dorado
- CRAIG WESLEY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALAN WHITEStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE JOHNSONCorporal · August 23, 1969
- STANLEY DEAN CALVINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- WALTER LEE TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- LENTON EUGENE MIZERWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- GLEN JOHNSON TALIAFERROFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1971
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.