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STEPHEN CHARLES HOUCK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 21, 1947 – July 1, 1968
Service recordStephen Charles Houck, of Bainbridge Island, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 30
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
- Born
- March 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Bainbridge Island, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 30
- CHARLES EMORY HOWARDPetty Officer Third Class · July 1, 1968
- CHARLES C ISLER JRPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRED V JURADOSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- CHARLES CLINTON KALKASergeant · July 1, 1968
From Bainbridge Island
- PETER LEWIS STITHPetty Officer Second Class · April 11, 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.