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RALPH HOWELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1944 – November 26, 1970
Service recordRalph Howell, of Eureka, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 84
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Eureka, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 84
- EDWARD DALE BURKETTSpecialist Five · November 26, 1970
- SAMUEL LEE GANTTSergeant · November 26, 1970
- DAVID EDWARD KILLIANPrivate First Class · November 26, 1970
- PHILIP EUGENE RICHARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 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.