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Details. Rank: Staff Sergeant (rank at time of presentation: Gunnery Sergeant; highest rank: First Sergeant) Conflict/Era: Vietnam War. Unit/Command: Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Rein) FMF. Military Service Branch: U.S. Marine Corps. Medal of Honor Action Date: June 16, 1966.
Jimmie Earl Howard. DATE OF BIRTH: July 27, 1929. PLACE OF BIRTH: Burlington, Iowa. HOME OF RECORD: Burlington, Iowa. Jimmie Howard's patrol in Vietnam in the action that earned him the...
- July 27, 1929
- November 12, 1993
Jul 20, 2013 · Peter Nealen tells the story of SSgt Jimmie Howard's stand at Hill 488, where he earned the Medal of Honor.
Details. Rank: Lieutenant Colonel (rank at time of action: Major) Conflict/Era: World War II. Unit/Command: 356th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force. Military Service Branch: U.S. Army Air Corps. Medal of Honor Action Date: January 11, 1944. Medal of Honor Action Place: over Oschersleben, Germany. Citation.
SSGT Jimmie Earl Howard was 37, married and the father of six children when he left to fight in the Vietnam War. His wife later said that she understood that “he was just a true Marine.”. Assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Howard and his platoon of 18 men were fighting behind enemy lines on June 16, 1966, in the ...
Jimmie Earl Howard First Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor Recipient Vietnam War. First Sergeant Jimmie Earl Howard (27 July 1929 - 12 November 1993) was a U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant when he led an eighteen-man reconnaissance patrol in a fierce battle against a battalion of Viet Cong in June 1966.
Nov 7, 2016 · In 1967, Staff Sgt. Jimmie Howard was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for the courage he displayed on the night of June 15, 1966. With a platoon of 15 Marines and two Navy hospital...
