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DOUGLAS ARTHUR HOUSE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 31, 1947 – September 6, 1968
Service recordDouglas Arthur House, of Cedar Grove, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 52
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Cedar Grove, Tennessee (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 52
- EUGENE WINFIELD HARTMANMajor · September 6, 1968
- NED ARTHUR HEATHSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- JAMES CECIL HOLMESSergeant · September 6, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARSHALL JASON BROWNCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 48
- TERRANCE RANDALL HANSONSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 51
- JAMES CECIL HOLMESSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 52
- LARRY ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 53
- RAYNER EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 54
- BARRY RUSSELL MOREEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 55
- HERSHEL EUGENE MORROWPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 55
- JERRY GORDON RICHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 56
- EDWARD WILLIAM SECRESTSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 56
- CLAIR BRADLEY ANDREW SAINTPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 57
- FLOYD LAVERNE STILLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 57
- BENJAMIN RICHARD TOONKELSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 58
- DONNIE RAYMOND WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 58
From Cedar Grove
- J H ALEXANDERPlatoon Sergeant · March 6, 1966
- JEARL EDWARD RIMMERSergeant · May 18, 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.