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GEORGE JOSEPH HOLLY III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1946 – January 24, 1968
Service recordGeorge Joseph Holly III, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 22
- DAMAS HERNANDEZ-FELICIANOPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE HODGEPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- ERNEST ERVIN HOODSpecialist Five · January 24, 1968
- JAMES MILLERSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT FAVORPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 21
- JON LESLIE GRIMMETTSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 21
- FERDINAND J KORNICK JRCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 23
- WILLIAM W MCCLENDON JRCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 25
- ERNEST PATRICK PALCICSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 26
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.