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Houghton
Family Line:
> Oscar > Frank > Joseph > Jonathan
> Joseph > Oliver > ?
Dr.
James
Orville Houghton
(Son of Oscar & Ola)
Complete
| Born: |
1942 |
| Married: |
NA |
| Produced: |
NA |
| Died: |
1988 |
| Buried: |
Brad Cemetery, Palo Pinto Co.,
TX He is buried between his father Oscar his dad and Richard his
uncle. He is definitely in good company. |
| Narrative |
James graduated from Loma
Linda School of Medicine. James was a career Navy Officer. He was a
medical doctor and flight surgeon (pilot) and dedicated to Aerospace
medicine. He was in the NASA Astronaut program. He spent at least two
tours in Viet Nham in MASH Units with the Marines. He was a Captain, USN.
He was never married and dedicated his life to helping others. When he
was The Commander of the Naval Hospitals where he was assigned, he would
often work in the emergency rooms as needed or to help when manpower was
less than desired. The was 6 months from retirement and coming
home to open a private practice when he was killed in an auto accident
by drunk teenagers. |
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