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STEVEN TIMOTHY HOWE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 21, 1951 – September 28, 1969
Service recordSteven Timothy Howe, of Ely, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Ely, Nevada (White Pine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 16
- DONALD JESS GARVEY JRPrivate · September 28, 1969
- LONNIE LOWELL GIBSONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- JOHNNY WILLIAM GLISSONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1969
- EMMETT DWAINE JAMESSergeant · September 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CLYDE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 14
- THOMAS JEFFERSON GABBARDSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 15
From Ely
- JOSEPH EDWARD BOWERMajor · August 3, 1965
- CARL JAMES CUEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- RICHARD MAX YELLANDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW GARCIASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- RICK V JENSENSergeant · February 10, 1969
- TIMOTHY GENE CARTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1969
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.