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ERNEST RICHARD HOWELL
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
July 11, 1929 – April 30, 1971
Service recordErnest Richard Howell, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 20
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 11, 1929
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1971
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In April 1971, 292 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 60 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 20
- CHARLES THOMAS KALLAHERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 30, 1971
- DAVID PHILLIP MEDINASpecialist Five · April 30, 1971
- ALIN EMILE NORRISPrivate First Class · April 30, 1971
- JAMES EVERETT SHANKSSergeant · April 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MILTON EASONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 19
- ALIN EMILE NORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 20
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
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.