Meritorious Service Medal

Army Commendation Medal with 1 bronze oak leaf cluster

Good Conduct Medal, 6th award

National Defense Service Medal

Vietnam Service Medal with 3 bronze service stars

Army Service Ribbon

Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral 4

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon with device 1960

Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation

Marine Corp. Good Conduct Medal

Expert Badge with Rifle Bar            
         

1960 - Crane Operators School in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii

1964 - Service Training Course for Caterpillar Tractors in Fort Stewart, Georgia

1968 - Motor Sergent School in Wiesbaden, Germany

1970 - CBR Officer/ NCO Course in Fort Meade, Maryland

1973 - Usaral Race Relations Instructor Course in Fort Richardson, Alaska

1973 - Artic Survival Course in Fort Richardson, Alaska

1979 - Housing Inspector Course in Fort Richarson, Alaska 

 1958-  USMC 16 Weeks Basic Training Paris Island, South Carolina

1958- 1961- USMC 32 Months at Kanohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii

1963-1965- Army 2 Years Fort Brag, North Carolina

1965- Army 6 Months Fort Stewart, Georgia

1965-Army11 Months Okiawa, Japan

1966-Army 13 Months Vietnan, Volunteered

1966-Army 6 Months Fort Meade, Maryland

1967-Army-6 Months Fort Lewis, Washington

1967-1968-Army 3 Months Fort Meade, Maryland

1968-1969-Army 11 Months Hanover, Germany

1969-1970-Army 12 Months Vietnam, Volunteered

1970-1972-Army 28 Months Fort Meade, Maryland
 
1972-1977-Army 5 Years Fort Richardson, Alaska

1977-1978-Army 11 Months Camp Red Cloud, South Korea

1978-1982-Army 5 Years Fort Richardson, Alaska

1982 -October 31, Retired from the Army as a 1st Sergent                       

Robert Charles Howser was Born in Cortland New York on November 2nd, 1940.

1940-1958 Raised on farm in upstate New York with 3 sisters and 4 brothers. Robert attended school at Dryden High until joining the United States Marine Corps  on May 15th, 1958.


1958-1961 He served the USMC for 3 years as a crane operator until his discharge on May 14, 1961. 

He left Hawaii in 1962 and met Evelyn Frost and they were married on March 16th, 1963.


Joined the army July 1963 and station at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and began work as a heavy equipment operator. 


1963-1982  On December 25th, 1964 Son Christopher Robert Howser was born in Fort Brag North Carolina. On April 26th, 1968  Son Chad Robert Howser was born in Ithaca New York. On April 5th, 1971 a daughter Candy Howser was born in Fort Mead Maryland.
(Total delivery costs for all 3 children was $50)