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SYLVESTER JOSEPH HOWARD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1948 – October 14, 1968
Service recordSylvester Joseph Howard, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 62
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 62
- DAVE WILLIAM BRANTFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1968
- JOHN PETER COUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 14, 1968
- CLIFFORD A KUEBLER JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT PARSONSLance Corporal · October 14, 1968
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.