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GERALD ALLAN HOLMAN
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
October 10, 1939 – December 14, 1966
Service recordGerald Allan Holman, of Northville, Michigan, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 14, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 44
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAW 12 USS ROOSEVELT CVA 42
- Born
- October 10, 1939
- Home of record
- Northville, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAW 12 USS ROOSEVELT CVA 42”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 13E, Line 44
- KEITH ONEIL ELLEDGEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES HASTREITERLance Corporal · December 14, 1966
- WALTER EDWIN HERRMANN IIILance Corporal · December 14, 1966
- WALTER HOLT JONES IIHospitalman · December 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN LEE KOENIGLieutenant Commander · Panel 13E, Line 45
- RICHARD LYNN MOWREYLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 13E, Line 45
From Northville
- RICHARD EDWARD CRONKPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT ALLEN STRANGEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR GREGORYSergeant First Class · September 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN REGENHARDT JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- RICHARD KEITH SOMERSMajor · February 25, 1971
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.