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JAMES SHELTON HOLLIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1946 – December 22, 1966
Service recordJames Shelton Hollis, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 72
- PHILLIP HOWARD HESSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- GEORGE WALLACE JONESPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE LAMBSpecialist Four · December 22, 1966
- RENOLD WILLIAM PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LYNN GOODENPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 71
- GEORGE WALLACE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 72
- RENOLD WILLIAM PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 72
- JOHN LEONARD SCHMECKERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 73
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.