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RANDALL DUMON HOWELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1941 – August 27, 1966
Service recordRandall Dumon Howell, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 50
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 501 AVN BN 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 501 AVN BN 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 50
- ROBERT LEE BANKSWarrant Officer 1 · August 27, 1966
- EUGENE RAYMOND MOREAUSergeant · August 27, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BANKSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10E, Line 50
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10E, Line 50
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 51
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HARRY DIWAIN SPIERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
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.