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BILLY RAY HOLMES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1948 – July 3, 1968
Service recordBilly Ray Holmes, of Arnett, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Arnett, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 1
- GARY DENNIS HOLTONSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MERLE HOUTZCorporal · July 3, 1968
- WILLIAM D JOHNSON JRCorporal · July 3, 1968
- FREDERICK FRENCH VANDEUSENLieutenant Colonel · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BASIL LEE HAREFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 42
- ROY HOWARD MCCLAINPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 4
From Arnett
- RONALD JOHN MOOREHEADSpecialist Four · May 13, 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.