Rank/Rate	Chief Gunner's Mate
Service Number	06801060
Birth Date	March 13, 1915
From	Hollywood, California
Decorations	Silver Star, Purple Heart
Command	UDT Indtructor, carried aboard USS Burrfish (SS-312)
Loss Date	August 20, 1944*
Location	Gagil Tomil, Yap
Circumstances	Taken prisoner while on reconnaissance mission. Executed in captivity.
Remarks	Howard was born in Ontario, California.

*Date of capture, according to Japanese sources.
Photo and information from USS Burrfish Reconnaissance of Yap on 13 August 1944.

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