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James Thomas Howard
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James Thomas Howard
11/1/1942 - 4/10/1970
(Shown at age 28)
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James Thomas Howard was born on November 1, 1942 in Panama City, Florida and died on April 10, 1970 in Udorn Air Force Base, Thailand. He lived to be 27 years old.
He went by Tom. He had a wonderful smile and was the kinda guy that just
lit up the place and no matter how down a person was Tom could usually
cheer them up. He was such a great guy and friend to many.
He served with Air Force,SSCT 432 Combat Support Group and was first stationed at stationed at Pusan, Korea. He then was stationed in Udom Air Force Base, Thailand where Tom was a DJ on the local AFKN Radio Station. Tom was
preforming his Disc Jocky duties in the radio station that was near the
end of a runway. A jet lost power on takeoff and slammed into the station. | 
 | Census | 1/1/1945 | Precinct 30 FL (Bay County) | 2 yrs old | W.T. Howard (age25) , Mrs. W.T. Howard (21), Mary Joan (4), James Thomas(2) & Wilborn D.(0). W.T. has a 6th gr. & (wife-Murtha) has 7th gr. education. W. T. was born in AL, his job is a burner. all other were born in FL.  |
| Military | 4/10/1970 | ZZ | 27 yrs old | | Name: James T. Howard,
Event Type: Death,
Event Date: April 10, 1970,
Event Place: Thailand,
Casualty Type Non-Hostile, Died of Other Causes,
Casualty Cause Note: Unknown, Not Reported,
Military Unit: Air Force,
Military Unit (Original): 432 COMBAT SUPPORT GP THAILAND,
Military Rank: Staff Sergeant,
Service Number: 263620032,
Birth Date: Nov. 1, 1942,
Residence Place: Panama City, Florida, United States,
Panel: 12W |
| Newspaper | 4/15/1970 | Panama City FL (Bay County) | 27 yrs old | HEADLINE: Plane Mishap At Udom Site Kills PC Man
A 27-year-old Panama Citizen was listed Tuesday among the casualties left
when a battle-scarred U. S- Air Force reconnaissance plane crashed in
officers' quarters at Udom Air Base in northeastern Thailand Friday.
Dead is Air Force Staff Sergeant James T. Howard, son ot W. T. Howard of
2724 S. Gornall Avenue. SSgt. Howard was a radio-television technician
with the Air Force. He had been in Thailand two months.
An official dispatch from Major Gen. R. G. DuPont, military personnel
headquarters in Washington D.C., said Howard, a 1960 Bay High graduate,
"died in Thailand on April 10 (Friday) as the result of suffocation
caused from the aircraft crash."
The Air Force still has not established the total number of dead. First
reports said three Americans definitely were killed and another 30
seriously injured. However, a spokesman for the Howard family said young
Howard's body was not discovered until Tuesday morning during a detail
search of debris.
A U. S. Embassy spokesman said the pilot of the RF4 jet was attempting
an emergency landing at Udom when he lost control. Both crewmen ejected
safely over the base, the aircraft, damaged by anti-aircraft fire over
Laos, plunged into the barracks beside the runway, the spokesman said.
The aircraft exploded on impact and fire destroyed nine buildings, an
officer's trailer and the building housing the of five of the Armed
Forces Network, where Howard was stationed.
Funeral arrangements still are pending.
Panama City News, Wednesday Morning, April 15, 1970, Panama City, FL
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| Newspaper | 4/18/1970 | Tokyo XX | 27 yrs old | HEADLINE: 9 U.S. Airmen Named
BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. Embassy has released the names of nine American
airmen killed last week when a battle
damaged reconnaissance plane plunged into officers and quarters at Udom
RTAFB. The men, all attached to the
432nd Combat Support Group, were:
— Airman l.C. Thomas L. Waterman, 25, Roanoke, Va.
—S. Sgt. Alfred N. Potter, 28, Pawtucket, R.I.
— T. Sgt. Frank D. Ryan Jr., 42, Mercer Island, Wash.
— T. Sgt. Jack A. Hawley, 38, Norwalk, Ohio.
— S. Sgt. Edward W. Strain, 25, Story City, Iowa.
— Airman 1. C. Andrew C. McCartney, 21, Lakewood, Ohio.
— Sgt. John C. Rose, 26, Bloomfield, N.J.
— T. Sgt. Roy Walker, 41, San Antonio, Tex.
— S. Sgt. James T. Howard, 28, Panama City, Fla.
Pacific Stars And Stripes April 18, 1970 Tokyo, Japan |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 4/20/1970 | Panama City FL (Bay County) | 27 yrs old | | James Thomas Howard - Birth: Nov. 1, 1942
Death: Apr. 10, 1970 - SSCT 432 Combat Support Group, Vietnam - Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cem. Panama City, FL |
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1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 20 |
1962 |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
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| 4 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 5 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 9 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 10 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 15 |
1957 |
Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S. |
| 18 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 20 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| 23 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
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| 8 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 13 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 18 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
| 21 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 27 |
1969 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In July, the U.S. becomes the first nation to land astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface. |
| 28 |
1970 |
NEWS HEADLINES: U.S. forces invade Cambodia and the Vietnam War continues to escalate. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die of drug overdoses. Four Kent State University students are killed during a Vietnam War protest. |
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1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
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1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
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1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
| 12 |
1954 |
The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency. |
| 20 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
| 24 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
| 25 |
1967 |
Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad. |
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1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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