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PERCY WRAY HOWELL
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
April 5, 1924 – June 18, 1963
Service recordPercy Wray Howell, of Breckenridge, Texas, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1963, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 23
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 5, 1924
- Home of record
- Breckenridge, Texas (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1963
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1963; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1963, 5 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 23
- JAMES HENRY BRODTCaptain · May 29, 1963
- NEIL KIRK MACIVERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1963
- HOWARD MAXWELL EAKIN JRCaptain · June 5, 1963
- CHARLES BUFORD JOHNSON JRCaptain · June 14, 1963
From Breckenridge
- MICHAEL DEAN HALFORDSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1967
- DAVID LEE RICKELSPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
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.