The Wall › Panel 43W › Pennsylvania › William Joseph Houston
WILLIAM JOSEPH HOUSTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 15, 1948 – September 22, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Houston, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 63
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; six of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 63
- JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- LARRY DEAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK KEMERSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK KUHLMANNMajor · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 60
- ROBERT JOHN BYRNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 61
- WILLIAM GERALD PEELERFirst Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 65
- SAMUEL ROSAS-SANZPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 66
- WILLIAM WAYNE VANMATERSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 67
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 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.