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ALLAN WILLIAM HOLMES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1950 – August 14, 1972
Service recordAllan William Holmes, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1972, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Postal Clerk (71F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1972; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
He died in Ba Xugen Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 66
- DAVID MATHEW THOMPSONLieutenant · August 13, 1972
- FRANCIS WAYNE TOWNSENDCaptain · August 13, 1972
- JOSEPH EDWARD FRASHERAirman Apprentice · August 14, 1972
- RONNIE HOLLYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1972
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.