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Spec Howard Jacob De Waal

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Spec Howard Jacob De Waal Veteran

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
11 Dec 1967 (aged 20)
Vietnam
Burial
Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.6616691, Longitude: -111.830652
Memorial ID
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Howard was a graduate of Olympus High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, and belonged to the School Concert choir. He was an Eagle Scout and an active and faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Howard was a Spec 4 Infantryman with A CO, 1ST BN, 18TH INFANTRY, 1ST INF DIV, USARV. He gave his life for our country in the Binh Long Province of South Vietnam, a casualty of hostile actions while on night defense near Saigon. For courage and action under fire he was awarded the Silver Star. He enlisted in the Army on September 27, 1966, and had been in Vietnam for nine months and had seen action in several battles. His name is inscribed on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Panel 31E, Line 080.

Funeral services were held December 20, 1967. Survivors include his parents, four brothers, and three sisters.
Howard was a graduate of Olympus High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, and belonged to the School Concert choir. He was an Eagle Scout and an active and faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Howard was a Spec 4 Infantryman with A CO, 1ST BN, 18TH INFANTRY, 1ST INF DIV, USARV. He gave his life for our country in the Binh Long Province of South Vietnam, a casualty of hostile actions while on night defense near Saigon. For courage and action under fire he was awarded the Silver Star. He enlisted in the Army on September 27, 1966, and had been in Vietnam for nine months and had seen action in several battles. His name is inscribed on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Panel 31E, Line 080.

Funeral services were held December 20, 1967. Survivors include his parents, four brothers, and three sisters.


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