Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Charles
Frederick
Howell
1881

–

July 20, 1940

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery

Charles Howell was commissioned in 1901 through the School of Instruction of the Revenue Cutter Service, precursor to the graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He retired as a U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral on July 1, 1940, just nineteen days before he died of a heart attack.

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Coast Guard

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    U.S.S. Arcturus

    Action Date:

    1918

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Charles Frederick Howell, United States Coast Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. ARCTURUS, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, during World War I.