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HOUSTON GRANT JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1935 – December 23, 1967
Service recordHouston Grant JR, of Dahlonega, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1967, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 11, 1935
- Home of record
- Dahlonega, Georgia (Lumpkin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Sa Dec Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 51
- EUGENE HOWARD HARRIMANStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- DUDLEY CARROLL HUGHES JRSeaman · December 23, 1967
- ROBERT RAYMOND JACKEMEYERMajor · December 23, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD E BOURNECaptain · Panel 32E, Line 49
- HUGH GREY WILLARDSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 50
- ROBERT RAYMOND JACKEMEYERMajor · Panel 32E, Line 51
- BOBBY JOE LAWRENCESergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 54
From Dahlonega
- TOMMY HERMAN SWAINPrivate First Class · March 23, 1970
- BOBBY JENE FIELDSSpecialist Five · March 14, 1971
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.