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HANCIL EVERT HOWELL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1948 – May 26, 1970
Service recordHancil Evert Howell JR, of Farmland, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Farmland, Indiana (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 103
- SAMMY MANUEL GULLARTSergeant · May 26, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD HAWKINSSergeant · May 26, 1970
- ALAN HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- WILL ISAAC JRSergeant First Class · May 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ARTHUR LOLLARSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 104
- ROBERT LOWELL MCCURDYCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 105
- VERNON EARL SCHROCKCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 105
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.