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JAMES LAURENCE HOWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1947 – March 5, 1970
Service recordJames Laurence Howell, of Babson Park, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 85
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Babson Park, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 85
- MARIO GONSALEZCorporal · March 5, 1970
- WILLIE JOHNSONFirst Sergeant · March 5, 1970
- BRUCE DAVID KLINGAMANSpecialist Four · March 5, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL PEAVYSpecialist Four · March 5, 1970
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.