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LAWRENCE EMANUEL HOUCK II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 26, 1944 – February 4, 1969
Service recordLawrence Emanuel Houck II, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 57
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ch-46 Pilot (I) (7561)
- Born
- January 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 57
- JOHN DEE HARRINGTONLance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- DAVID HOWZE JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- ANTHONY ALBERT KOSTERFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1969
- GREGORY JEROME NICCOLILance Corporal · February 4, 1969
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 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.