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CHARLES MILTON HOUSER
Major · U.S. Army
June 12, 1936 – October 13, 1967
Service recordCharles Milton Houser, of Vale, North Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 101
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Vale, North Carolina (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 27E, Line 101
- ROGER CHARLES HEARNSPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ANGEL IRIZARRY-HERNANDEZSpecialist Six · October 13, 1967
- STANLEY JESSE KERRSergeant · October 13, 1967
- MELVIN FRANCIS SINKCorporal · October 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GUY LESTER BELLEWStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 98
- GARY DEAN BYRDStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 99
- JOSEPH DEWEY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 99
- JOHN LEONARD EDWARDSStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 99
- JAMES PAUL PURKEYSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 103
From Vale
- HAROLD EUGENE WILKINSSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- RICHARD TED ARMSTRONGSecond Lieutenant · June 12, 1966
- GARY EUGENE MCCASLINPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
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.