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RUSSELL J POWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1944 – November 6, 1968
Service recordRussell J Powell, of Redding, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 29
- DAVID LOUIS MERRILLPetty Officer Second Class · November 6, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL PIGNATOLance Corporal · November 6, 1968
- ALLAN LEE SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
- MARVIN ISAAC SIDERSMajor · November 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RONALD BELLAMYSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 25
- WILLIAM DEWITT NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 28
- ALLAN LEE SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 29
- MARVIN ISAAC SIDERSMajor · Panel 39W, Line 29
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.