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ROBERT KENNETH HOULE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 27, 1942 – November 25, 1968
Service recordRobert Kenneth Houle, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 59
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 615 MP CO 95 MP BN 89 MP GRP
- Born
- June 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 59
- LAWRENCE DAVID KUTCHEYCorporal · November 25, 1968
- BRUCE ANTHONY LYNCHLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD MARSHALLWarrant Officer · November 25, 1968
- FLORENTINO MARTINEZ JRCorporal · November 25, 1968
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 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.