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KIRK EDWARD HOULE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1947 – February 7, 1968
Service recordKirk Edward Houle, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 1
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa 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 Kien Hoa 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 38E, Line 1
- KENNETH WAYNE HUDSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- JOHN JAMES HUGHESGunnery Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- TROY HAZARD HUNTERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR JENSENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVE NATHANIEL LAMBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 4
- WILLIAM HENRY SMITH JRSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 14
- ALBERT DEWELL WHITECorporal · Panel 38E, Line 18
- ROBERT LEO YORKPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 19
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 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.