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ALAN HANS HOLM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 20, 1949 – May 1, 1971
Service recordAlan Hans Holm, of Othello, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Othello, Washington (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 21
- LARRY THOMAS YIELDINGSergeant · April 30, 1971
- RALPH BRENT CORDONCaptain · May 2, 1971
- ROBERT BOLT DICKERSON IIIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1971
- GERALD THOMAS GINDLESBERGERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1971
From Othello
- CLEMENT JOSEPH MORISETTELieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- HECTOR LOPEZ RUIZSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
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.