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ALLEN PAUL HOUCK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1948 – August 4, 1968
Service recordAllen Paul Houck, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 8
- JAMES ISIAH FOWLER JRSergeant · August 4, 1968
- JOHNNY EARL FRISKPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- RICHARD W HELLARD JRCorporal · August 4, 1968
- MORRIS ELIOT HOLCMANSpecialist Four · August 4, 1968
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.