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ANTHONY FRANK HOUSH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1946 – April 19, 1968
Service recordAnthony Frank Housh, of Newton, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 48
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Newton, Illinois (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 19, 1968
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50E, Line 48
- DENNIS RAY HARTPENCEPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- HERBERT REIJI HAYASHIDAWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1968
- ALFRED JACKSONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- MELVIN LYNN KIRKSergeant · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH BLODGETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 44
- JOHN RICHARD BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 45
- WILLIAM ROY DENNISStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 46
- FRANK LOUIE FREEDLESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 46
- JESUS ARMANDO GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 47
- OREN B MCCARROLLSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 47
- HERBERT REIJI HAYASHIDAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 48
- PAUL NOBLE LARSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 49
- JANIS MICULSSpecialist Five · Panel 50E, Line 50
- DENNIS EARL PAINTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 52
- WILLIS WILSON SMITH JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51E, Line 3
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.