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HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELD
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 15, 1949 – August 14, 1970
Service recordHarold Dean Hollifield, of Marion, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 111
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Marion, North Carolina (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 111
- LESZEK STANLEY KARSZNIASpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
- FRANKLIN KING NELSONFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1970
- HECTOR DAVID OYOLAPrivate First Class · August 14, 1970
- ALVIN LEWIS PEMBERTONSergeant First Class · August 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SHERMAN FELTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 110
- FRANKLIN KING NELSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 111
- HECTOR DAVID OYOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 111
- DUANE EVERETT WALDRONPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 112
From Marion
- JOHN EDWARD MCMAHANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- GETER ALFRED HENSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL POTEATStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1968
- DWIGHT EDGAR MOONEYSergeant · August 8, 1968
- BILL FRED WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- JAMES ALEX JENKINSCorporal · May 20, 1969
- MICHAEL DEAN WEBBPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- JERRY LANE GREENESpecialist Five · November 26, 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.