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ELMER LARRY HOLDEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 19, 1944 – June 9, 1968
Service recordElmer Larry Holden, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 9
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 AIR RES & RECOV SQ
- Born
- February 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “37 AIR RES & RECOV SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 9
- ANGEL L GONZALEZ-MARTINEZCorporal · June 9, 1968
- BERNARD TIMOTHY HANSENCorporal · June 9, 1968
- MARVIN LYNN HOUSTONLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- PHILIP PAUL REEDCorporal · June 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DOUGLAS LOCKERSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 10
- JACK COLUMBUS RITTICHIERLieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 14
- RICHARD CAROLINUS YEEND JRCaptain · Panel 58W, Line 17
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.