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THEODORE HOWARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 12, 1946 – October 3, 1967
Service recordTheodore Howard, of Prichard, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Prichard, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 44
- ROLAND BALENTINE JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1967
- DONALD VERN FREEMANCaptain · October 3, 1967
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JAMES CHARLES KROUSETechnical Sergeant · October 3, 1967
From Prichard
- JOHN LEO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- HAROLD ARNOLDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- ALFRED CARMICHAEL JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PATTERSON SCOTT JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- EARLIE RANDSergeant · May 3, 1967
- EDWARD ELIAS HEYERSergeant · June 17, 1967
- CLEOPHIS HARRISONSergeant · November 3, 1967
- WILLIE REEDSergeant · November 18, 1967
- JIMMY RAY PIERCEPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS WHITESergeant · March 27, 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.