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DONALD STEVEN HOLKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 25, 1947 – November 9, 1967
Service recordDonald Steven Holke, of Burton, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 58
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Burton, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 58
- ROBERT ROLAND GONNEVILLECorporal · November 9, 1967
- EDWIN MICHAEL GRAYCorporal · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH WARD HARRISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- WILLIE C JOHNSON JRPlatoon Sergeant · November 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MICHAEL BATESSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 56
- ANTHONY EUGENE BUCKNERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 56
- JAMES RAY HOWARDSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 59
- ROBERT LAWRENCE HALEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 60
- DENNIS RICHARD PODGORNYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 61
- ROBERT E SCHARON IIICorporal · Panel 29E, Line 61
- LARRY DOUGLAS SHARPPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 62
- BILLY TEMPLETONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 63
- FREDDIE LEE THOMAS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 63
- QUINN WILLIAM TICHENORPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 63
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 64
- ROBERT J WINTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 64
- TYRONE WRIGHTSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 64
From Burton
- DAVID TERRANCE HAKEPrivate First Class · November 25, 1966
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.