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JOHN RANDOLPH HUSCHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – February 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Randolph Huscher, of Dowagiac, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Dowagiac, Michigan (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 23
- WILLIAM JENKINSSergeant First Class · February 19, 1968
- BENJAMIN F JOHNSON IIILance Corporal · February 19, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOHN KAPOUNCorporal · February 19, 1968
- MARTIN ROY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 17
- JOSEPH S SOBCZAK IISergeant · Panel 40E, Line 22
- TIMOTHY JOHN KAPOUNCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 23
- ERNEST MAHONEYCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 25
- HERMAN MCKINNIECorporal · Panel 40E, Line 26
- JAMES DOUGLAS PENTLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 28
- JOHN TARRY ROBERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 29
- RICHARD ALLAN SHARPEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 31
- TERRY LEE SCHAUBPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 33
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 33
- ARCHIE VAUGHN WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 34
From Dowagiac
- ROBERT LEE WENGERCorporal · July 23, 1966
- JOHN WALLACE EDGERLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- JEFFERY H HALLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- JOHN VINCENT GRESSELFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- WILLIAM R STOLLEY JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1969
- MICHAEL BRUCE FIRSTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
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.