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HOWARD BROWN HANDLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1949 – September 13, 1968
Service recordHoward Brown Handley, of Sheffield, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 48
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Sheffield, Alabama (Colbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 48
- RAYMOND COBBPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- MCVINCENT GODFREY JRPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- DWAYNE HELTONSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- GILMER EARL HUMPHREYSSergeant · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH GEORGE CUSHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 46
- JOE A ELBERTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 47
- ARIEL MARINOSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 51
- GARY RICHARD MCFALLSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 51
- EDWARD KENNETH RYANSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 54
From Sheffield
- THOMAS MANUEL DILLARDSpecialist Five · February 20, 1966
- FARLEY DEE THOMPSONMajor · December 23, 1966
- DONALD EARL BOSTONPetty Officer Third Class · April 7, 1967
- EARL DILLWORTH JRLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
- GARY RAY WIGINTONPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- PRESTON LEE HOWELLSergeant · May 9, 1968
- CLIFFORD C WALKERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- DAVID ROLLAND JACKSONWarrant Officer 1 · September 25, 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.