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ROLAND HAYES HOWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1944 – April 1, 1967
Service recordRoland Hayes Howell, of New Albany, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1944
- Home of record
- New Albany, Mississippi (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 87
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · April 1, 1967
- RAYMOND FRANCIS QUINNSergeant · April 1, 1967
- JOHN OWEN RHODESLance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- CONFESOR RIVERA-MARTESSergeant First Class · April 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDDY L AMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 83
- EARNEST CAESAR BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 84
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 84
- PHILLIP GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 85
- JOHN KING HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 85
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 85
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 87
- BENNIE HOWARD STRAITPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 88
- DAVID F TAYLOR IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 89
- SAMMIE LEE WATTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 89
- JAMES LE ROY WEHRPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 90
From New Albany
- LARRY LEE PAGEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- LARRY EARL ADAMSLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- CHARLES MCCLAME SHUMPERTSergeant · February 11, 1970
- JOE RAYMOND ROBERTS JRSergeant · October 15, 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.