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HOWARD ARNOLD SESSOMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1940 – June 21, 1967
Service recordHoward Arnold Sessoms, of Tarboro, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 34
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Tarboro, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 34
- DESIDERIO C LAUREL JRLance Corporal · June 21, 1967
- FLETCHER SEEBER JRSergeant · June 21, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM PETER WAGNER IIISecond Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 28
- DEAN DENNIS CRANESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 29
- ROBERT JOSEPH DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 29
- MORRIS DOMINIQUE GAGNONStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 30
- CARMEL BERNON HARVEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 30
- GERALD DAVID BOYDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22E, Line 31
- THOMAS ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 31
- WELLINGTON M JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 31
- GARY LYLE KENAGAPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 31
- EDGAR LEE MCWETHY JRSpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 32
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 32
- WILLIAM PETER WAGNER IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 34
- BILLY JOE WATKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 35
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 113
From Tarboro
- CARL LOUIS DOUGHTIELieutenant (junior grade) · June 10, 1965
- FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT THORPELance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- CICERO WHITFIELD JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- HUGH ELROY BEST IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- GEORGE ELMER CANNON SRStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- BOBBY EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · January 30, 1970
- WILLIAM I ALLSBROOK JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
- THOMAS REUBEN BRADLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1970
- WILLIAM HASSELL THIGPENFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
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.