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ROBERT MALICHI HOWELL JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 12, 1946 – August 3, 1966
Service recordRobert Malichi Howell JR, of Mesquite, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Mesquite, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 103
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- HERSCHEL CYLE HOLTSergeant · August 3, 1966
- CHARLES EVERETTE HURDPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
From Mesquite
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISCaptain · October 8, 1963
- MICHAEL DENNIS WITHROWPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ROBERT BRYAN COTTENAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ANDREW SWANCYCorporal · September 23, 1967
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1968
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- GARY LEE LABONTECorporal · July 17, 1968
- SCOTT FERRIS MOORE JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 20, 1970
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · February 28, 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.