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DUANE GEORGE HOWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 6, 1950 – March 16, 1971
Service recordDuane George Howell, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 53
- CHARLES DAVID ALLEN JRCaptain · March 16, 1971
- ROBERT EDGAR RATAJCZAKSpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
- EDMUND EDWARD ROBERGESergeant First Class · March 16, 1971
- RAYMOND JOSEPH SAATHOFFLance Corporal · March 16, 1971
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
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.