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HUGH BRYANT HOLMES
Ensign · U.S. Navy
January 1, 1945 – June 24, 1969
Service recordHugh Bryant Holmes, of Lakewood, California, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 24, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 8
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. Navy
- Rank
- Ensign (ENS)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- January 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 8
- MICHAEL DEWAYNE HAMPTONSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- RODNEY ALAN JANNETTACorporal · June 24, 1969
- BOBBY CAL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- JOSEPH HAYDEN KENNEYSecond Lieutenant · June 24, 1969
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
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.