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JAMES RILEY HOWELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1943 – May 12, 1966
Service recordJames Riley Howell, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 53
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 53
- RICHARD WARREN HUNTOONLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT JONESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD HENRY JUSTISPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP LACLEARPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- ESTEBAN MORALES ALVAREZLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
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.