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CLYDE RICHARD HOUSER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1946 – June 13, 1967
Service recordClyde Richard Houser JR, of Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 98
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Trexlertown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 98
- CHARLES LYNN HEMMINGWAYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR LAPIERRECaptain · June 13, 1967
- FRANKLIN DELANO MCNARYSenior Chief Petty Officer · June 13, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 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.