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JOHN CHARLES HOUSE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1946 – December 15, 1967
Service recordJohn Charles House, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 98
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- May 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 98
- ROBERT LEE FLORESSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE FRENCH JRSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- THOMAS E GRIXSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- CHARLES WAYNE HICKSSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
From Pine Bluff
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · June 24, 1966
- JESSE B STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD HILLPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR SAUCIERAirman Second Class · July 1, 1967
- FREDRICK LAMAR THROWERTechnical Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES TORRENCEPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- EDGAR LEE SIMMONSCorporal · April 3, 1968
- LARRY GENE CALHOUNSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- WILLIE LORENZO MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- BOBBY RAY PORCHIASpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
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.