Belleville Sons Honor Roll

  A Place of Honor and Remembrance In the Home of the Brave

Belleville, New Jersey


Vietnam War

Lt. Col. Alfred Barnes     Captain William Branch     Frank A. Cancelliere

   Roger Crowell     Helder DaSilva     Raymond DeLuca     Jerry R. Donatiello  

John Hoar     Carl L. Mickens      Paul Nelson     Donald Saunders     Thomas VanHouten

Thomas VanHouten


Nutley Soldier Killed in War Near Buddies

Survived by brother in Belleville

(Feb. 2, 1967) Thomas VanHouten, 19, of Raymond Ave., a week ago became the third young man from Nutley to lose his life in the Vietnam War.

VanHouten, a private first class with the Army’s Ninth Infantry Division was killed at 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 23, when a mortar or grenade exploded near his foxhole in the Mekong Delta.

In addition to his parents and twin brother Richard, Thomas is survived by another brother, John of Belleville.

The Wall: Panel 14E - Row 075


Adapted from

The Nutley Sun

Nutley Sons Honor Roll - Van Houten

The Vietnam War Memorial Wall

New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial

 
 

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