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RICHARD ALLAN HOUSE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 28, 1943 – December 17, 1967
Service recordRichard Allan House, of Whitesboro, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 14
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Whitesboro, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 14
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- DEAN JOHN CRAIGPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN GERARD MCDONNELLCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 15
- GUADALUPE NATAL ZUNIGACorporal · Panel 32E, Line 16
From Whitesboro
- DANIEL OLMSTEAD KERNEnsign · October 26, 1966
- BRIAN FRANCIS DURRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BRADLEY RUSSELL CLARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- FREDERICK MEZZATESTASpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
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.