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JOHN WESLEY HOUSTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1943 – February 13, 1966
Service recordJohn Wesley Houston, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 30
- CHARLES LAWRENCE RICHTMYRESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- DANIEL GORDON ROGERSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- ROBERT KEITH WORLEYSergeant · February 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 28
- JOHN MICHAEL HOARPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 29
- CHARLES LAWRENCE RICHTMYRESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 30
- ROBERT KEITH WORLEYSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 30
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- BILLY JOE WAYMIREChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1966
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.