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THOMAS EDWARD VANHOUTEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 15, 1947 – January 24, 1967
Service recordThomas Edward Vanhouten, of Nutley, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Nutley, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 75
- OWEN DAVID GOODSELLSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- JAMES PRICE SPENCERCorporal · January 24, 1967
- FRANCIS JAMES THOMPSONCaptain · January 24, 1967
- CLARK L WALKERSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLARK L WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 75
From Nutley
- ARTHUR REGOCorporal · January 26, 1966
- RICHARD STANLEY BATESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- MATTHEW MURICE DWYER JRLance Corporal · February 28, 1968
- RICHARD GREENSPANPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- ALFRED JOSEPH CRITELLIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS DINAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 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.