Harold Brooks Houston
HAROLD BROOKS HOUSTON, son of PEARL BROOKS and LESTER ARTHUR HOUSTON, was born January 4, 1917 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa,2432 and died March 17, 1945 in Phillippines.4542
Military Service
Harold B. Houston
- was a US Army Veteran of World War II9955
Obituaries
Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette, April 12, 19454542
Former Denmark Boy Killed
Denmark, Ia.—Harold Houston, 28, of Vandalia, Mo., was killed in the Philippines on March 17, according to word reaching Mary E. Houston. He was a native of Denmark. His father, Lester Houston, for a time was operator of the farm now owned by Francis Hasenclever.
News Tribune, June 14, 194510035
Receive Word Of Tacoman's Death In P. I.
Word has been received in Tacoma of the death of Capt. Harold B. Houston, nephew of George E. Thompson, Fairmont hotel, who died on Mindanao after receiving battle wounds on March 16. A member of the 163rd infantry, Capt. Houston rose from the ranks as a private to captain in October, 1941.
Born in Iowa, Houston came to Tacoma in 1938 after graduating from Drury college, Springfield, Mo. He was a clerk in the Fairmont hotel until 1940, when he joined the Northern Pacific railroad as a trainman. He was inducted into the army in 1941 and went overseas with the 41st division.
He is survived by his father, G.. E. Thompson, Vandalia, Mo., and his wife, Dorothy, whom he married while on duty in Melbourne, Australia. Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. J. T. Goodman, Vandalia, Mo., and Mrs. Lee Trott, Bellingham, and an aunt, Lora Houston, Chicago.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| January 12, 19203413 | Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa |
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| April 15, 19304544 | Vandalia, Audrain, Missouri |
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