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HAROLD HOLMES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1947 – March 3, 1968
Service recordHarold Holmes, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 52
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 52
- LARRY RONALD GOURDINEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD JONESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- WILLIAM ARLIN JORDANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- VICTOR A JUSTINIANO JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LESTER BROWNPrivate · Panel 42E, Line 47
- KENNETH ALLEN BUYSSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 47
- GEORGE HERBERT NESTLERODELieutenant Colonel · Panel 42E, Line 53
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.