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JOHN ROBERT HOUSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1950 – June 30, 1971
Service recordJohn Robert Houston, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 95
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 95
- MARK JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · June 30, 1971
- GARY LYNN LEWISStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1971
- PATRICK BENNETT MORRISSpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
- STEVEN CLIFFORD ONEALSpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP WAYNE BRIDGESSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 94
- RONALD HUGH HALLStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 94
- MARK JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 95
- ROBERT JOSEPH SABATINISpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 96
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.