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GUY HOLDAWAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1942 – December 5, 1968
Service recordGuy Holdaway, of Herndon, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 46
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Herndon, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 46
- ROBERT CHARLES FOXCaptain · December 5, 1968
- HENRY MCNEAL T HAMES JRLance Corporal · December 5, 1968
- HARRY JAMES HARRISPrivate · December 5, 1968
- HERIBERTO SEGOV HERNANDEZFireman · December 5, 1968
From Herndon
- DANIEL WESLEY WHITEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE MINOR KIDWELLSergeant · March 8, 1968
- ERNEST RICHARD FRANKSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- THEODORE S HERIOT JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 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.