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BEN WILLIS HOWELL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1931 – May 28, 1968
Service recordBen Willis Howell, of Tennille, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 10
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1931
- Home of record
- Tennille, Georgia (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 10
- RONALD GENE HEMBREEPetty Officer Third Class · May 28, 1968
- JOSEPH ARNOLD HILLLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- JAMES WENDELL HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- PHILLIP DANIEL MILLERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY DAPONTECorporal · Panel 64W, Line 7
- FRANCIS ANTHONY M DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 8
From Tennille
- CURTIS DARRISAWSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS HOWARD JONESSergeant · November 30, 1969
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.