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EARNEST PAUL HOLMES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 13, 1947 – February 15, 1968
Service recordEarnest Paul Holmes JR, of Talladega, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Talladega, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 48
- JAMES MARSHALL HILLFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD HOGANPetty Officer Third Class · February 15, 1968
- MARK EVERETT JAMESLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- STANLEY M JAMROCKPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEE BAUGHCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 42
- ROBERT FRANCIS BRULTE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 43
- EMANUEL FERO BURROUGHSCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 43
- DAVID MANFRED CASHSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 43
- MELVIN HILTON SANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 53
- HENRY MARSIAL TABETPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 54
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 54
From Talladega
- WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- WILLIE GENE WILSONSergeant · April 9, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- LEONARD HUGH HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- JIMMY GRANT FREEMANSergeant First Class · March 24, 1969
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.