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SAMMIE HOWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 7, 1947 – January 27, 1967
Service recordSammie Howell, of Cross, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Self-Propelled Field Artillery Repairer (63D)
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Cross, South Carolina (Berkeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 86
- JOHN CHARLES FAIDLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- SIDNEY WADE FLEMINGLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERGSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 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.