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THOMAS JOHN HOWE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 3, 1933 – October 6, 1968
Service recordThomas John Howe, of Woodbridge, Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 18
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aircraft Repair Technician, Rotary Wing Rated (671C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 3, 1933
- Home of record
- Woodbridge, Virginia (Prince William County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 18
- DENNIS EDWARD KOEPPSpecialist Five · October 6, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT MARSHPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- ROOSEVELT WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ROLAN ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 20
From Woodbridge
- RUSSELL LEONARD CASTLEPlatoon Sergeant · July 2, 1967
- DAVID NED MOORECorporal · December 8, 1968
- HUGH BRADLEY BLEVINS JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY HAMILTONSergeant First Class · May 16, 1970
- GEORGE WOLFGANG SEVIGNYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1972
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.