Rank/Rate	Steward, Third Class
Service Number	855 77 01
Birth Date	March 6, 1925
From	Bowling Green, Kentucky
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date	October 25, 1944
Location	Formosa Strait near Turnabout Island
Circumstances	Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
Remarks	Howard was honored in a Resolution adopted by the Kentucky State Senate.

Photo courtesy of Selvin Butts, cousin, via Paul Sniegon.

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