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JOE EARL HOLLEMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 30, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordJoe Earl Holleman, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 47
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 47
- EDDIE LEE HATLEYSpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
- DANIEL KENNETH HINKELPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · March 26, 1969
- FREDERICK ROBERT KUTZERSergeant · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS J R KINGCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 48
- WILLIAM WESLEY SCHOTH IISpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 52
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.