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AUSTIN ALBERT HORNE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1943 – December 6, 1967
Service recordAustin Albert Horne, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 47
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
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 TRANS BN 4 TRANS CMD
- Born
- December 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 47
- THOMAS O HARPER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- VINCENT VANALSTYNE HAUSERFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
- RONALD EUGENE HOLMESGunnery Sergeant · December 6, 1967
- WAYNE ALLEN HUTCHINSONLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.