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ROBERT CHARLES HOUSMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 1, 1949 – December 18, 1969
Service recordRobert Charles Housman, of Bradley, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Bradley, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 70
- ROGER JOHN FLYNNPrivate First Class · December 18, 1969
- JERRY DON GIESECKECorporal · December 18, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT HASSELLCorporal · December 18, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID NEWMANPrivate First Class · December 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER JOHN FLYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 70
From Bradley
- JOHN CHARLES HOWLANDSergeant · February 9, 1967
- KENNETH CARL JOHNSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- RONALD NEIL SAMPLELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
- DANIEL LEE OVERRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL RATTINStaff Sergeant · October 16, 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.