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JIM HENRY HOLMES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – May 22, 1970
Service recordJim Henry Holmes, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 80
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 80
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- NEIL BURGESS HAYES JRFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1970
- PEDRO HERRINGStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1970
- JONNY HINESSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
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.