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WALTER LEE HOWARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 30, 1945 – February 21, 1967
Service recordWalter Lee Howard, of College Station, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1945
- Home of record
- College Station, Texas (Brazos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 69
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- RAY MELVIN HARMONSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- GLENN ALVIN HARRISLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- BYRON GRANT HIGHLANDGunnery Sergeant · February 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE GELONEK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 68
- WILLIAM ALLEN GILMORESpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 68
- RAY MELVIN HARMONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 69
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 70
- JOSEPH LEWIS JACOBSSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 70
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 70
- DENNIS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 70
- JOHN JOSEPH RUDINECSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 71
- JAMES THOMAS SEYMOURSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 71
- JOHNNIE SPENCER JRPrivate · Panel 15E, Line 71
- TROY FRANKLIN TOMBLINPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 72
- WAYNE THOMAS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 72
From College Station
- CONVERSE RISING LEWIS IIICorporal · October 26, 1967
- NEAL CLINTON WARDMajor · June 13, 1969
- CARL EDWIN LONGCaptain · December 20, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS TAFF JRFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
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.