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WALTER JOHN HOWARD JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1948 – September 30, 1968
Service recordWalter John Howard JR, of Forsyth, Montana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Forsyth, Montana (Rosebud County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 46
- LOUIS VINNIE DAIGLEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- JOHN DALTONPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- JOHNNY THOMAS FULLERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- EDWARD GOLDAPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
From Forsyth
- JOHN KENNETH CHILDERSSpecialist Five · January 21, 1969
- RAYMOND RICHARD PISENO JRSecond Lieutenant · December 11, 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.