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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles Edward Holloway.

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CHARLES EDWARD HOLLOWAY

Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army

March 2, 1931 – December 22, 1962

Service record

Charles Edward Holloway, of De Leon Springs, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 15

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
March 2, 1931
Home of record
De Leon Springs, Florida (Volusia County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 22, 1962
Age
31
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

One name on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1962. In December 1962, 2 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 15

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.