The Wall › Panel 12W › Michigan › Arvell Bernard Holston
ARVELL BERNARD HOLSTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1949 – March 20, 1970
Service recordArvell Bernard Holston, of Inkster, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 25
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Inkster, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 25
- JAMES LEONARD DAVISSergeant · March 20, 1970
- HAROLD RAY HARRISSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
- PHILIP GEORGE KNIEPER JRCorporal · March 20, 1970
- JAMES PETER KURTHSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JAMES WIDMERPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 27
From Inkster
- RICHARD EDWIN WILSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- JAMES MCMURRAY MCLEANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- JOSEPH BONNERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN DUDEKLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- LUTHER JAMES LACKLANDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- HOWARD JOSEPH MANERPetty Officer First Class · June 18, 1969
- PAUL DAVIS JONESPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- RONNIE JOSEPH PETRESergeant · September 2, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SERVANTEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
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.