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HAROLD ANTHONY HOLMES
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 26, 1950 – July 20, 1970
Service recordHarold Anthony Holmes, of Pineview, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Pineview, Georgia (Wilcox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 35
- SAMUEL T CARROLL JRSergeant · July 20, 1970
- PATRICK THOMAS DEWULFCorporal · July 20, 1970
- DENNIS FAY FISHERSergeant · July 20, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · July 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RICHARD LEVISSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 36
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.