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GEORGE JONATHAN HOUSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1946 – February 11, 1968
Service recordGeorge Jonathan House, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 77
- DONALD ARTHUR HAUSRATH JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1968
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- DANNY RAY HOWELLSpecialist Five · February 11, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOYLE LEROY BUTLER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 75
- CHARLES ELVIN MCDOWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 79
- JOHN ANTHONY SULLIVANPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 81
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 82
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.