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GARY LEE HOLIAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 8, 1950 – August 12, 1971
Service recordGary Lee Holian, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 129
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 129
- DUANE CRUMSpecialist Six · August 12, 1971
- ERIC STEVEN KELLYSpecialist Four · August 12, 1971
- LAWRENCE LEE KELLYChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 12, 1971
- LARRY MCCOYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1971
- CHARLES D MCGONIGLESpecialist Four · December 19, 1972
Same unit, same day
- ERIC STEVEN KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 129
- LAWRENCE LEE KELLYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 129
- LARRY MCCOYPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 129
- GAIL LYNN STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 130
- JOHN CLYDE THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 130
- JAMES WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 130
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.