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DAVID HOLMES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 28, 1946 – November 7, 1965
Service recordDavid Holmes, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 7, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 28, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 28
- GERALD PATRICK METOTTLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- RALPH NATHANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1965
- MORRIS EUGENE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.