Talk:Jimmie E. Howard

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[edit] Dates of rank

Two discrepancies:

• Though the Marine Corps biography puts Howard's promotion to gunnery sergeant in 1968, he received his Medal of Honor from LBJ in 1967. The photo on the Navy's USS Howard DDG 83 website profile of Howard shows him receiving his medal, with clearly visible GySgt chevrons.
• The Marine Corps biography lists him as GySgt. The usual format for these biographies is to list final rank. However, the Navy site above, as well as other references in this article indicate that he retired as a first sergeant.

As a result of the above, I did not include dates for promotion to GySgt and 1stSgt; and put his final rank as 1stSgt. —ERcheck (talk) @ 03:03, 6 June 2006 (UTC)