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ROBERT LEE HOWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 11, 1948 – February 10, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Howell, of Deputy, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 6
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Deputy, Indiana (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 6
- THEODORE LOUIS GYULVESZISpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- ANDREW HARBIENKOSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- CHESTER EUGENE HILLSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- DALE RAYMOND JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER EUGENE HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 6
- DENNIS ALFRED JEZIORSKICorporal · Panel 32W, Line 7
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.