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JOHN L HOLSTEIN
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 10, 1930 – December 29, 1966
Service recordJohn L Holstein, of San Bruno, California, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 10, 1930
- Home of record
- San Bruno, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 98
- BILLY NEAL HARPERSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- RALPH LEE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- ERNEST KELLY JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- RICHARD NED LILLISPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LUECO ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 95
- ROBERT GORDON PETRIMOULXPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 99
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 100
From San Bruno
- CLIFFORD ALTON ROBERTSSergeant · July 9, 1965
- OWEN THOMAS LAVERYPrivate First Class · October 20, 1965
- MARK LAKE MORGANLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- PETER MICHAEL APODACASpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT ELMER FOLSOMLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL RISTSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- BOBBY JOHN BYRDPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
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.