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JOHN ALEXANDER HOUSE II
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1939 – June 30, 1967
Service recordJohn Alexander House II, of Pelham, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 265 MAG 16 FMF
- Born
- April 16, 1939
- Home of record
- Pelham, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 87
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- RONALD ALAN GILLYPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- THOMAS ARTHUR GODDEAUCorporal · June 30, 1967
- LUTHER HARRIS HOWARDSpecialist Four · June 30, 1967
From Pelham
- ANTHONY GEORGE PRIORCaptain · May 27, 1968
- ELI PAGE HOWARD JRLieutenant Colonel · August 19, 1969
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.