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LESTER HOUX JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1948 – September 10, 1967
Service recordLester Houx JR, of Ada, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 45
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Ada, Ohio (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 45
- ALLAN JOSEPH HERMANSecond Lieutenant · September 10, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- RICHARD LAKE HOLYCROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 10, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
From Ada
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEGRANDStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1965
- GARY ROBERT WILLEKESergeant · July 22, 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.