Harold Dean Housker

[Bill Farnie]

Harold Dean Housker
D/1/506 Inf.
101st Abn Div
KIA 11/26/68

Harold got to our company just a few days after I did in September 1968. We had just moved to Camp Evans and were learning the AO by going on 2 or 3 day patrols in the rolling hills west of our base camp. While on one of these patrols as darkness was approaching, we had a short firefight with the enemy and Harold was KIA by an RPG that exploded near him.

Although only having been in Vietnam a short two and a half months, I had seen combat in the Cu Chi area down in III Corp and witnessed men of our company get wounded but Harold was the first KIA of our company that I had seen since arriving in Vietnam. This day, the war hit home.

SHARP HAND SALUTE

PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Mabel, Minnesota
Date of birth: Thursday, 02/05/1948

MILITARY DATA
Service: Army (Selective Service)
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Corporal
ID No: 56506000
MOS: 11B10 Infantryman
LenSvc: Less than one year
Unit: D CO, 1ST BN, 506TH INF RGT, 101 ABN DIV
Note: E3 at loss. Posthumous Promotion as indicated

CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Saturday, 09/07/1968
Cas Date: Tuesday, 11/26/1968
Age at Loss: 20
Remains: Body Recovered
Location: Thua Thien, South Vietnam
Type: Hostile, Died
Reason: Other Explosive Device - Ground Casualty

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