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JAMES DAVID HOUSLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1947 – April 15, 1970
Service recordJames David Housley, of Van Buren, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Van Buren, Arkansas (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 7
- MICHAEL CHARLES GOMESPrivate First Class · April 15, 1970
- MICHAEL WAYNE HAYNESCorporal · April 15, 1970
- DENNIS EUGENE JACKOWSKIPrivate First Class · April 15, 1970
- MICHAEL VINCENT KUROPASStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAY OWEN CLARKSONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 5
- ANTHONY EUGENE CURRIEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 6
- JOSEPH DIGREGORIOPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 6
- WILLIAM RICHARD DISANTISCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 6
- JOHN HOWARD POHLMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 9
- THURMAN WILLIAM WOLFESpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 11
From Van Buren
- JEWEL LEE RAINWATERPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- ARTHUR C WILLIAMS JRPetty Officer First Class · April 11, 1968
- WILLIAM HASKELL SMOCKPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- ALEXANDER JOHNSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES GUIREPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- HENRY VERNON CLOSSERPetty Officer Second Class · November 20, 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.