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DONNELL HOWARD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 9, 1950 – September 25, 1968
Service recordDonnell Howard, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 12
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- April 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 12
- JOHN ALLEN JENKINS IIISergeant · September 25, 1968
- TERRY JAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN LOEHLEIN JRCorporal · September 25, 1968
- HARRY LEROY MAYESSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.