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HOUSTON GULLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1948 – July 2, 1969
Service recordHouston Gulley, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 45
- JOHN LEROY FLINNCaptain · July 2, 1969
- ALBERT MERK FRANSEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1969
- MELVIN SHOICHI FUJITAStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1969
- ROBERT WILSON HOLDITCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 44
- STEPHEN TRUE MOODYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 47
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.