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GARY OLSON HOLSINGER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 17, 1942 – March 4, 1968
Service recordGary Olson Holsinger, of New Boston, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 17, 1942
- Home of record
- New Boston, Ohio (Scioto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 65
- MICHAEL DAVID GEISEPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- CARL CLARENCE HARLESSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- EDWARD EARL HENRYPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- RAMON SANCHEZ HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN HODALSergeant Major · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE L BARBER IIICaptain · Panel 42E, Line 60
From New Boston
- RAYMOND GENE SKAGGSStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE JUSTICEPrivate First Class · May 22, 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.