Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, United Nations Service Medal for Korea
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 16-Nov-2028
Hometown: Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Marital status: Married to Ernesteen R. Howard
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 16-Jul-1967
Incident date: 4-Nov-1967
Date of casualty: 4-Nov-1967
Age at death: 38
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes.
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
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