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FORREST HUGHY HOLLIFIELD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1946 – July 30, 1970
Service recordForrest Hughy Hollifield, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 69
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 69
- JEROLD FRANKLINPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
- EDISON AMOS HARKINS IIICorporal · July 30, 1970
- HAROLD UTAH HAYESSergeant First Class · July 30, 1970
- ROBERT MASEDAPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.