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ERNEST CLARENCE HOWLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 18, 1948 – February 25, 1969
Service recordErnest Clarence Howle, of Society Hill, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 49
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Society Hill, South Carolina (Darlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 49
- CARL WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- RUSSELL JAMES HOLLANDCorporal · February 25, 1969
- RODGER DALE HOLMESSpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
- WILLIAM HOWARD HUNTSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1969
From Society Hill
- JAMES MATTHEW BISHOPLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- LEVERN COSOMPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JESSE WILLARD MONTAGUE JRStaff Sergeant · February 13, 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.