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HOWARD ROBERT HYSELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1944 – April 30, 1966
Service recordHoward Robert Hysell, of Burke, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 13
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Burke, South Dakota (Gregory County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 13
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES CLYDE WISKURPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- CARL MERLIN GEBHART JRCorporal · April 30, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 13
- EDWARD R LETOURNEAU JRSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 14
- HAROLD B MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 14
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 14
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
- PAUL TIMOTHY WHITTINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
From Burke
- RONNIE WAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- DARWIN LYN LABAHNSergeant · June 3, 1969
- JOHN PAUL BECKERSSpecialist Five · June 6, 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.