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RICHARD PAUL HOUSTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 27, 1944 – November 26, 1967
Service recordRichard Paul Houston, of Eastlake, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 91
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Eastlake, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 91
- MANUEL HERNANDEZCorporal · November 26, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HICKEYPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- EDWARD C HIGGINS IIIPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- ALBERT HUGH HORTONCorporal · November 26, 1967
From Eastlake
- DENNIS FLOYD AMATOSergeant · November 27, 1965
- ERNEST GALE TOMPKINSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- DAVID FRANCOIS FISHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- RAYMOND FREDERICK BEAUCHAMPPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- WAYNE STERLING RUSHTONConstructionman · December 31, 1970
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.