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ELWOOD LAYTON HOUSTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1932 – July 6, 1968
Service recordElwood Layton Houston, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 27, 1932
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 28
- GERONIMO LERMASpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- RONALD BRUCE LOWECorporal · July 6, 1968
- FRED EVANS MITCHELL IIICorporal · July 6, 1968
- CHARLES RODNEY MORRISLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE HOLLIE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 27
- FRED EVANS MITCHELL IIICorporal · Panel 53W, Line 28
- EUGENE LEE RILEYCorporal · Panel 53W, Line 30
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 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.