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CLETUH HOLLOMAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordCletuh Holloman JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 8
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
- Tubine Engine Drive/Generator Repairer (52F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 8
- PATRICK B HESSIONPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN HINKLEYLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- BENJAMIN LOWELL HINNANTSergeant First Class · May 6, 1968
- JOHN ANDRES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN ALLISON ALLSOPPSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 38
- WAYNE JOSEPH BEDWELLPrivate · Panel 56E, Line 1
- JIMMIE ALVIN FANCHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABEMaster Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 13
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.