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CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELL
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1945 – July 20, 1966
Service recordCasco Devaughn Howell, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 47
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 47
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- ROLF WALLACE JORGENSENLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
- DOUGLAS MASON KYSERPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- BILLY DEAN NELSONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 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.