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BENNIE H HOLBROOK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – July 22, 1972
Service recordBennie H Holbrook, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 121
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
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 7 ARTY
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam 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 18E, Line 121
- WILLIAM DAIL EARLYCorporal · April 30, 1967
- GARY WAYNE FOXSpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- JOE CECILIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- THOMAS GEORGE GRAFFCorporal · April 30, 1967
- GEORGE MELVIN SEALLLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.