Bio: Howard, Major James W. (Military Award - 1970)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Howard

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 12/24/1970

Howard, Major James W. (Military Award - 1970)

Major James W. Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern G. Howard of the Pleasant Ridge area, has recently been awarded a Bronze Star Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster. He received the decoration for distinguishing himself by meritorious service in the Republic of Vietnam for the period December 1969 - December, 1970.

Major Howard also received a Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam four years ago. He has been serving with the Army Quartermaster Corps, but will join Army Intelligence upon his return to duty. Major Howard along with his wife and sons, Michael and Richard Lee, has been visiting at his parents’ home since December 14. He arrived in the United States from Vietnam December 6. Mrs. Howard and the boys, who spent the past year with her family in Germany, returned December 11.