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DANIEL HOLCOMB
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 3, 1930 – February 20, 1968
Service recordDaniel Holcomb, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 41
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1930
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 41
- JOSE BABAUTA HERRERAPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- ALEKI JEREMIAStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1968
- JAMES ALVIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 35
- RAY D CROPPERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 38
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 38
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 39
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HANSENSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 40
- DONALD LEE HERNDONSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 40
- JOSE BABAUTA HERRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 41
- JEFFREY LYNN HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 41
- JIMMIE DOUGLAS JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 42
- GUY EUGENE LEESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 43
- DONALD JAMES LOZANOPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 43
- MARVIN LEO MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 44
- GALEN ERICK OHLSONSpecialist Five · Panel 40E, Line 45
- ALFRED RICHARD OLSONSpecialist Five · Panel 40E, Line 45
- DAVID LLOYD MOREHOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 46
- DONALD DEWAYNE PHILBECKPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 46
- MICHAEL W PICARDSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 47
- DARRYL WARREN A POINTERCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 47
- ARNOLD W PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 47
- PAUL RICHARD URBAN JRCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 48
- WALTER EARL VONDERCHEKSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 49
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.