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OSCAR LEE HOUSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1946 – August 4, 1968
Service recordOscar Lee House, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 9
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
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 9
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- RONALD JAMES MURPHYLance Corporal · August 4, 1968
- DARNELL PATRICK MURRAYStaff Sergeant · August 4, 1968
- RAMIRO LOPEZ SALINASSergeant · August 4, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.