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JAMES EDWARD HOLDER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1940 – September 25, 1966
Service recordJames Edward Holder, of Goodwell, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 15
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 24, 1940
- Home of record
- Goodwell, Oklahoma (Texas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 15
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- HOWARD WADE JACKSONCorporal · September 25, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- ERNEST RAYMOND MARTIEStaff Sergeant · September 25, 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.