The Wall › Panel 18E › Ohio › Edward Michael Howell
EDWARD MICHAEL HOWELL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 21, 1937 – April 17, 1967
Service recordEdward Michael Howell, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 41
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1937
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 41
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ROYD STEVE KERLEY JRSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DONALD LYNWOOD MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- JULIO MASSO-PEREZPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 39
- JOHN FREDERICK BENSE JRSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 40
- FRANCISCO GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 40
- JOHNNY WAYNE GOULDStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 40
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- JULIO MASSO-PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- EARL LEE DERBYSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 42
- DAVID ALLEN RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 42
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 43
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.