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MARK JOSEPH HOUSTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 25, 1949 – June 30, 1971
Service recordMark Joseph Houston, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi 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
- JOHN ROBERT HOUSTONSpecialist Four · 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
- JOHN ROBERT HOUSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 95
- ROBERT JOSEPH SABATINISpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 96
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 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.