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JOHN DAVIS HOUSTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1947 – April 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Davis Houston JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 29
- THOMAS JAY HAYES IVCaptain · April 17, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE HELDLieutenant Colonel · April 17, 1968
- THEODORE HUBBARD JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- GEORGE ALEX HUDSON JRStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 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.