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BENNIE LEE HOUSTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1941 – April 8, 1967
Service recordBennie Lee Houston, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 123
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 123
- JERRY DEAN HATCHERLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIS HEAPSCorporal · April 8, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE HEVLECorporal · April 8, 1967
- HOWARD LLOYD LEROY JRLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.