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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Carl Eugene Holbrook.

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CARL EUGENE HOLBROOK

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

March 10, 1941 – June 25, 1967

Service record

Carl Eugene Holbrook, of Louisville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22E · Line 62

Position of Panel 22E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Fire Support Specialist (13F)
Unit (as recorded)
D BTRY 5 BN 2 ARTY
Born
March 10, 1941
Home of record
Louisville, Georgia (Jefferson County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 25, 1967
Age
26
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 22E, Line 62

From Louisville

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.