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WILLIS FRANCIS HOUSE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1924 – March 13, 1969
Service recordWillis Francis House, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 30, 1924
- Home of record
- Glen Burnie, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 44
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 30
- CHARLES ROBERT GRANTLance Corporal · March 13, 1969
- RONALD CHRISTOPHER KATZStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN KOOBSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- GEORGE ROBERT LEVESQUEChief Petty Officer · March 13, 1969
From Glen Burnie
- ROBERT GRIFFIN DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- LEWIS JOHN FOGLERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES DOMINIO YOUNGHAMCorporal · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SHORTERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- HARVEY WILLIAM CARTERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- WILLIAM REED STOCKSSergeant · February 13, 1969
- NORMAND PAUL PERRONWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN STONE JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- LUTHER JAMES DOSS JRStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1970
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.