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JAMES NEWTON HOLBROOK
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1933 – October 6, 1965
Service recordJames Newton Holbrook, of Washington, Oklahoma, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 110
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1933
- Home of record
- Washington, Oklahoma (Mcclain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 110
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- HECTOR LOPEZPrivate · October 6, 1965
- CURTIS RAY TARKINGTONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 109
From Washington
- JERRY MICHAEL CHITWOODStaff Sergeant · May 24, 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.