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CHARLES DENNIS HOWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – March 22, 1969
Service recordCharles Dennis Howell, of Griffith, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 11
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Griffith, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 11
- CHARLES LARRY GUTHRIESpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD HERMSENSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- STEVEN DALE HOOPERSergeant · March 22, 1969
- ALBERT MANUEL MENDOZACorporal · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CHARLES TEDFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 15
From Griffith
- DANIEL WALTER JORDANFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1967
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOFFREDOPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- DAVID ALTON BRYANTCorporal · November 27, 1968
- DONALD RAY SHOULDERSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- KENNETH LLOYD CRODYCorporal · July 11, 1972
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.