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ARTHUR J DELA HOUSSAYE JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 9, 1942 – January 31, 1968
Service recordArthur J Dela Houssaye JR, of Lafayette, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 5
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Born
- March 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 5
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CYRSergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES LINCOLN DANIELSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DWIGHT A DEDRICKWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
From Lafayette
- GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHTCaptain · December 11, 1965
- ROY JAMES RICHARDPrivate · May 29, 1966
- CARROLL JAMES HEBERTPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- PATRICK RONALD MURPHYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- KENNETH JOHN STUTESLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS TRUETT HENSLEYMajor · March 17, 1968
- WALTER ALVIN SOUTHER IIICaptain · June 24, 1968
- HUBERT SINEGAL JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- GLENN WAYNE ROMEROPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
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.