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JOHN FREDERICK HOLLISTER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 8, 1949 – June 27, 1970
Service recordJohn Frederick Hollister, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 98
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 98
- JERRY MICHAEL CAREYPrivate First Class · June 27, 1970
- ALAN DAVID GARDNERMajor · June 27, 1970
- STEVEN LANCE HIENSMANPrivate First Class · June 27, 1970
- LANCE MICHAEL LOFMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 27, 1970
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.