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HORACE ALVIE HOLBROOK
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
October 4, 1945 – May 12, 1967
Service recordHorace Alvie Holbrook, of Jacksonville, Alabama, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 12, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 96
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 96
- CHESTER LEE HOPKINSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- CLARENCE RAY HUSKSergeant · May 12, 1967
- JOHN WENDELL JACKSONCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
From Jacksonville
- ALFRED JEFFERSON HOLDENTechnical Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- EDGAR BOWIE LUEALLENSergeant · April 16, 1966
- HERMAN ALVIN MCBRIDESergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- CLIFFORD EUGENE FORD JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- BOOKER T PATTERSON JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- RICHARD CHARLES MILLERCaptain · September 3, 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.