Harold Palmer Howard (November 24, 1866 – March 1, 1951) was a brigadier general in the United States Army during World War I.

[1] He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and graduated 23rd in a class of 65 in June 1891.

[2] This was followed by a tour as quartermaster at Fort Keogh, Montana, in charge of the Remount Depot from June 24, 1909, to December 1912.

[1] He retired as a colonel in 1920, but his rank of brigadier general was restored by act of Congress in June 1930.

[1] After serving in the U.S. Army, Howard was a professor of military sciences and tactics at St. Thomas College in St. Paul, Minneapolis.