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JOHN HENRY HOLMES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1929 – December 1, 1970
Service recordJohn Henry Holmes, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 101
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 29, 1929
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 101
- LAVERNE DARTON COYLESergeant Major · December 1, 1970
- KENNETH EUGENE CRAYNEChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 1, 1970
- THOMAS WILLIAM FRECHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1970
- ERIC LAWRENCE GRIFFITHAirman · December 1, 1970
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.