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BOBBY FOSTER HOLMAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 9, 1944 – January 4, 1968
Service recordBobby Foster Holman, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 39
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 39
- THOMAS MCCRAYCorporal · January 4, 1968
- MICHAEL FREDERICK MEYHOFFPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIS MINNICH JRLieutenant Commander · January 4, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD MONTAGUELieutenant (junior grade) · January 4, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.