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HARRY D HUSTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 1, 1947 – September 24, 1967
Service recordHarry D Huston JR, of Painesville, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 6
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Painesville, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 6
- CARL WILLIAM HEIDENLance Corporal · September 24, 1967
- JAN KRAWCZYKCorporal · September 24, 1967
- RAFAEL LISBOAPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PENDERHospitalman · September 24, 1967
From Painesville
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BUDD EDWARD HOODSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROLAND RALPH JOHNCorporal · March 1, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MERRIAMSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
- EUGENE PIZZINO IISergeant · March 16, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL NESSELROTTEPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- CHARLES ALAN HOODPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- ROOSEVELT JUNIOR BRAGGSPrivate · June 5, 1970
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.