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DAVID ROBERT HOUSER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 1, 1949 – October 17, 1971
Service recordDavid Robert Houser, of Sandusky, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 41
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Sandusky, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 41
- ALVIS T BARRINGTON JRSergeant · October 17, 1971
- BARRY LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · October 17, 1971
- WALLACE JOSEPH DEPREOSpecialist Five · October 17, 1971
- LAUREN RAY EVERETTCommander · October 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HARRY OWEN BOWLESSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 40
From Sandusky
- DALE DANIEL THOMASCaptain · July 30, 1964
- JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGERLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM GREENECorporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES KEARSLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 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.