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JAMES MICHAEL HOLMES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – October 22, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Holmes, of Tylertown, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 20
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Tylertown, Mississippi (Walthall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 20
- JEFFERY WILLIAM EVANSPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- FREDERICK G JACKSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1968
- EUGENE WILLIAM KIMMELCaptain · October 22, 1968
- IRWIN LEE KNICKERBOCKERSergeant · October 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK G JACKSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 20
- WILLIAM WAYNE LESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 21
From Tylertown
- NELTON RAYMOND BRYANTSergeant · October 3, 1965
- FORREST GOODWINFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- JOHN HARRIS HOLMESPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR GIBSONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
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.