Lewis Howard

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Do-Gooder

Full Name

Lewis Howard

Alias(es)

None

Origin

Call of Duty: Vanguard

Occupation

U.S. Army Corporal

25th Infantry Division Member
93rd Infantry Division Member
Task Force Trident Member
Civilian Conservation Corps Member (formerly)
Fisherman (formerly)

Powers / Skills

Military Training

Marksmanship
Weapon Proficiency

Hobby

Fishing.

Goals

Defeat the Axis Powers (succeeded).

Family

Unnamed mother

Marcus Howard (brother)
Unnamed grandfather

Friends / Allies

James "Booker" Washington

Marvin Pelfrey
Ray Kibble
Pernell Lenny
Wade Jackson
Mateo Hernandez
Carver Butcher
Francis "Kai" Lanakila
Isabella Reyes
Arthur Kingsley
Anna Drake
Florence Carter

Enemies

Imperial Japanese Army

Nazi Party

Type of Hero

Military Supporter

“	I have a brother fighting in Europe. If Mama loses her boys to both Nazis and Japanese... Well, Hitler ain't got nothin' on Mama Howard.	„
	~ Lewis Howard to his teammates.

“	It takes a lot patience to do what Lewis Howard does. Patience, and a calm, steady hand. Means it's important to remember what "calm" feels like. A feeling where your hand don't shake and your ears don't ring. Remember that "calm" feels like home. And that you will live to see it again.	„
	~ Carver Butcher's description of Lewis in the operator's cinematic.

Corporal Lewis Howard is a supporting character in the 2021 video game Call of Duty: Vanguard, and a playable character in the season one content of Vanguard's multiplayer and Call of Duty: Warzone.

Serving in the 93rd Infantry Division during the Second World War, Lewis participated in the Bougainville Campaign in helping the 23rd reclaim the island. Though seemingly killed during the mission, he recovered from his injuries and was recruited into Task Force Trident, a special operations group formed by SOE Captain Carver Butcher. Positioned as the team's sniper, Lewis worked with Trident during Operation Vulcan to learn of the Nazis' activity on Caldera Island.

He was voiced by Russell Richardson, who also voiced Cormack in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Marcus Howard in Call of Duty: WWII, and Jefferson Davis in Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Marvel's Spider-Man 2.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Lewis Howard was born in 1911 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama to unnamed parents, and is either the older or younger brother to Marcus Howard. Growing up in Mobile country with his family, Lewis and Marcus spent their youth with their grandfather, who would take them fishing.

During the 1920s and the 1930s, Lewis got a job as a fisherman, obtaining shrimp across the Mississippi Sound before joining getting a job in construction with the Civilian Conservation Corps. Lewis was later drafted to join the United States Army in 1942, as Marcus was presumably also drafted into the army as well to fight in Europe. Receiving training in the same year, Lewis was then assigned to the 25th Infantry Regiment to fight against the Empire of Japan.

Despite not receiving any training with guns in his youth, Lewis was able to adapt quickly due to his patience and resourcefulness he learned from fishing. He became well liked by his colleagues, and was later assigned to the 93rd Infantry Division under the leadership of James "Booker" Washington.

Bougainville Island[]

In 1943, the 93rd were tasked by the army to assist the 23rd Infantry Division in claiming Bougainville Island, and Lewis was positioned as the unit's flamethrower. After clearing a Imperial Japanese Navy camp, the unit rescued Wade Jackson and Mateo Hernandez, two naval pilots who crashed on the island while fighting Japanese zeroes. Though Lewis was initially skeptical of Jackson and Hernandez, he came to respect the two while they helped the unit fight the Imperial Japanese. Howard was later assisted by Wade in going through the barbed wire trenches, and while congradulating Jackson, was shot by a trench gunner. Despite being seemingly killed, Wade offered to wield Lewis' flamethrower to clear the trenches to help the 93rd reclaim the island. The 93rd was successful in helping Jackson and Hernandez claim a enemy plane to help the 23rd capture Bougainville.

Joining Trident[]

Lewis somehow survived his injuries, and was presumably rescued from the island by his fellow soldier and taken to either a medical camp or hospital. Afterward, Howard was greeted by SOE Captain Carver Butcher, who offered him a chance to join Task Force Trident, and Lewis accepted. Trident consisted of Francis "Kai" Lanakila and Isabella Reyes, with Howard serving as the team's sniper while Kai led the group. In 1944, the trio worked with Butcher on Operation Vulcan, as Carver received information of the Nazis' secret activity on Caldera Island.

Traveling there with Butcher flying, their plane was shot down by the Nazis, forcing Trident to parachute down to Caldera while Carver landed near the beach. Lewis, Kai and Reyes then eliminated several Nazis in the area while navigating across the island, and later rescued Butcher, whom had stumbled across a Nazi bunker on the beach.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

Lewis has several tattoos on his arms, but they are not there in the campaign.
Lewis' voice actor, Russell Richardson, has voiced other characters in the franchise, such as Cormack in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Marcus Howard in Call of Duty: WWII.