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JAMES WILLIS HOLLIDAY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1942 – September 26, 1966
Service recordJames Willis Holliday, of Souderton, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Souderton, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 20
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- HENRY LEE MOSBURGCaptain · September 26, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- MARVIN FOSTER PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · September 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD LOUIS CONEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 19
- ROBERT FRANCIS GRUNDMANMajor · Panel 11E, Line 19
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 20
- CHARLES WONDREWS TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 21
From Souderton
- GARY RAY BURNETTELance Corporal · June 23, 1968
- LE ROY DELANO M GARISStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1969
- GLENN DALE RICKERTCaptain · May 29, 1970
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.