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JOHN LEE HOUSE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1942 – March 27, 1970
Service recordJohn Lee House, of Houston, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 48
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 48
- JOSEPH BENOSKI JRLieutenant Colonel · March 27, 1970
- GARY LEE EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 27, 1970
- ARNOLD GARZA GARZACorporal · March 27, 1970
- BILLY JACOB HARTSFIELDSpecialist Four · March 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD GARZA GARZACorporal · Panel 12W, Line 48
- GARY DON POLKSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 49
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.