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JOHN LUCIUS HOUSTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1941 – July 6, 1964
Service recordJohn Lucius Houston, of Winter Park, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Winter Park, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1964
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1964. In July 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 57
- CHARLES L KELLYMajor · July 1, 1964
- GABRIEL RALPH ALAMOMaster Sergeant · July 6, 1964
- LEONARD WAYNE LOCKARDSpecialist Five · July 10, 1964
- THOMAS HENRY MAULTSBY JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1964
Same unit, same day
- GABRIEL RALPH ALAMOMaster Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 57
From Winter Park
- GEOFFREY HOLMES OSBORNLieutenant (junior grade) · September 24, 1965
- TIMOTHY ANDREW VELTMANSpecialist Four · August 4, 1966
- JOE ALBERT CRUTCHERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARY JOSEPH BELLPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DAVIS FREEMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES CLARK IIFirst Lieutenant · October 7, 1968
- JAMES DAVID WRIGHT JRCorporal · March 22, 1969
- KENNETH LEROY WITHAMLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
- JOSEPH WOODARDCaptain · May 6, 1969
- HAL EDWARD PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 9, 1970
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.