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CARL RAY HOUSER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – April 28, 1969
Service recordCarl Ray Houser, of Hallsville, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 71
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Hallsville, Missouri (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 71
- MANUEL HERNANDEZ JRCorporal · April 28, 1969
- RICHARD DALE HERTZLERPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- EDWIN EARL HOFFMANLance Corporal · April 28, 1969
- LARRY L HOWELLSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FRANK COULTHARTSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 69
- PHILLIP EDWARD ROTHAR JRSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 73
- COURTNEY A SKINNERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 74
From Hallsville
- STEVE DAVISLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
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.