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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Danny William Houle.

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DANNY WILLIAM HOULE

Private First Class · U.S. Army

November 23, 1950 – April 12, 1969

Service record

Danny William Houle, of Hiles, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 27W · Line 64

Position of Panel 27W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
199 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
November 23, 1950
Home of record
Hiles, Wisconsin (Forest County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 12, 1969
Age
18
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 27W, Line 64

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.