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CHARLES LARRY HOUSLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1948 – December 20, 1967
Service recordCharles Larry Housley, of Decherd, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 30
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 3 AD BN 6 ARTY
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Decherd, Tennessee (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 30
- DANNY JAY FISHERPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- JOHN HARRIS HOLMESPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- CARL EUGENE MURRAYSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
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.