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JAMES EDWARD HOLDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1939 – August 21, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Holder, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 24, 1939
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 127
- BEN ODELL JOHNSONSergeant · August 21, 1970
- KENNETH JOSEPH KOSOWSKICorporal · August 21, 1970
- ROBERT WEST LANCASTERFirst Lieutenant · August 21, 1970
- RONALD WILLIAM MUNGERSergeant · August 21, 1970
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.