Howard Earl L.

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Earl L. Howard is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

740th ''Daredevil'' Tank Battalion Monument

Name:

Earl L. Howard

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

38400471

Unit:

740th Tank Battalion

Date of Death:

1945-02-02

State:

Oklahoma

Cemetery:

Farris Cemetery, Farris, Atoka County, Oklahoma, USA

Plot:

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Grave:

Decoration:

American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Earl L. Howard was born on January 22, 1923, in Atoka County, Oklahoma. Pvt Howard served in the United States Army with the 740th Tank Battalion in World War II. Known as the �Daredevil Tankers�, the 740th was a separate battalion that fought from Utah Beach all the way to the Baltic Sea in support of various divisions of the US war effort.

Pvt Howard was Killed in Action on February 2, 1945. He is now buried in the Farris Cemetery, Farris, Atoka County, Oklahoma, USA.

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