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WILLIAM GLENN HOWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – August 26, 1969
Service recordWilliam Glenn Howell, of Gastonia, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 119
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Gastonia, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 19W, Line 119
- GARY GERALD GRAYPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- ROGER THOMAS GUESTSergeant · August 26, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD HENRYCorporal · August 26, 1969
- NORMAN RALPH HETZELSergeant · August 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JOHN CANNITOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 117
- MERLIN JOSEPH CRAIGSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 118
- NORMAN RALPH HETZELSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 119
- DONALD ERWIN NELSONCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 121
- MARSHALL EUGENE ROBERTSONSergeant First Class · Panel 19W, Line 122
- RUSSELL ALLEN TAYLORCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 123
From Gastonia
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- MICHAEL YATES KEETERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM RAMEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LYNN COUICKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · April 7, 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.