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GREGORY KENT WHITEHOUSE
Captain · U.S. Army
March 7, 1939 – March 6, 1968
Service recordGregory Kent Whitehouse, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 38
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Counterintelligence Officer (9666)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
He died in Long Khanh 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 43E, Line 38
- RALPH JUNIOR WEESECorporal · March 6, 1968
- STEPHEN ALAN WESTPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- LEAMUEL ARTIS WHITESecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- MARK CROSBY WHITTIERSecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HENRY BATOZYNSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 13
- JERRY ALLEN BEATTYSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 13
- FLOYD MCFADDENSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 28
- CLARENCE A ROUSSELL JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 43E, Line 32
- JOHN B SHANKSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 34
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 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.