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JOHN RICHARD HOULIHAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1947 – July 6, 1967
Service recordJohn Richard Houlihan, of Brockton, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 19
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Brockton, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- 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
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 19
- MELVIN DOUGLAS HOLCOMBStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1967
- TERRY WILLIAM JUDKINSPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- JERRY LEE KASTERPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- LEONARD MIRAMONTEZLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
From Brockton
- WILLIAM DAVID FRAWLEYLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MULLENMajor · April 29, 1966
- ROBERT LEON BOSSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- RONALD E BERRISFORDPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- WLADYSLAW STANISZEWSKICorporal · July 7, 1967
- DANNY ERIC GOODWINLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- THEODORE FRED JOHNSONCorporal · January 18, 1968
- HUGH RICHARD JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- MILTON RICHARD ALLERBY JRHospitalman · June 11, 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.