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A T HOWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1943 – July 7, 1966
Service recordA T Howell, of Justin, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 4
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Justin, Texas (Denton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 4
- MARSHALL BURKE JRSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- ANTHONY JOHN GUSTINSergeant First Class · July 7, 1966
- WARREN W COBLEYSergeant First Class · July 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 1
- MARSHALL BURKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 4
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 6
- ROBERT JOHN RUGGIEROPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 6
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.