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PRESTON LEE HOWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1948 – May 9, 1968
Service recordPreston Lee Howell, of Sheffield, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Sheffield, Alabama (Colbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 23
- ROBERT EARL HARRISCorporal · May 9, 1968
- QUENTIN HAYESSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- LAMONTE VAN HORSLEYCorporal · May 9, 1968
- EVERETT SORRELL JONESStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOYCE RAY DICKCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 19
- EVERETT SORRELL JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 23
- TIMOTHY WAYNE KELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 25
- CHARLES ALLISON LOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 27
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 30
- WALTER JOSEPH WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 3
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
- CLIFFORD C WALKERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- HOWARD BROWN HANDLEYStaff Sergeant · September 13, 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.