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JERRY LEE HOUSER
Private · U.S. Army
December 26, 1947 – May 21, 1967
Service recordJerry Lee Houser, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 75
- ROGER MICHAEL HURDLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- TOLER LEE HUTCHINS JRSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- PHILLIP EARL IRELANDSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 71
- EUGENE HAROLD DICKINSONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 72
- TOLER LEE HUTCHINS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 75
- PHILLIP EARL IRELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 75
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 75
- ALFRED LEESergeant · Panel 20E, Line 76
- JAMES DAVID MCWHORTERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 76
- PATRICK MICHAEL LOISELPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 77
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 78
- ANTHONY WILFRED ROYBALSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 78
- RODOLFO ANDRES SAENZPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 78
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 79
- JAMES THOMAS STEIGHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 79
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 79
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 80
- WALTER STEPHEN SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 3
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.