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DONALD HENRY HOLM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 29, 1944 – November 18, 1967
Service recordDonald Henry Holm, of Ft Dodge, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 16
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Dodge, Iowa (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 16
- MOMI NUHI KANEStaff Sergeant · November 18, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM LEHNHOFF JRLieutenant Colonel · November 18, 1967
- FLOYD LESTER LONGLance Corporal · November 18, 1967
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ERWIN BEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 13
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 16
- RICKIE D SPARKSSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 19
- JAMES DAVID SUGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 20
From Ft Dodge
- TERRENCE HASTINGS GRIFFEYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
- DONALD KAY LAKEYSergeant · November 1, 1966
- ROGER LEWIS OLSONHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLESKESConstructionman · August 23, 1968
- LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSELieutenant Colonel · August 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE PETERS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HARRISON PEASESpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · May 7, 1970
- DARYL DAVID SHONKACorporal · August 5, 1970
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.