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DAVID HUGH HOLMES
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
March 26, 1938 – March 15, 1966
Service recordDavid Hugh Holmes, of Belmont, Massachusetts, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 15, 1966, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Operations Officer, Pilot, Tactical Air Control System (1441)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 22 TASS
- Born
- March 26, 1938
- Home of record
- Belmont, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 15, 1966
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 10
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- WILLIAM R HOLBROOKStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- RAYMOND HOODSpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
From Belmont
- CREIGHTON ROONEY GRANTStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- WALTER DONALD RAYSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- TAHER FATHI GHAISSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- EDWARD GILBERT LEESergeant · May 13, 1968
- ALLAN JOHN EASTMANSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- JOHN CLIFFORD CHAVESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- ROBERT MERCHANT LARSONFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1971
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.