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DWIGHT BRINSON HOWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 28, 1949 – August 22, 1971
Service recordDwight Brinson Howell, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 136
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 136
- BILLY WAYNE DISHEROONSpecialist Five · August 22, 1971
- DAVID WAYNE FRADYSpecialist Four · August 22, 1971
- WILLIAM ERNEST LAMARSergeant · August 23, 1971
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.