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JOHN MARSHALL HOLLOWAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1945 – February 14, 1969
Service recordJohn Marshall Holloway, of El Reno, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 32
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 1, 1945
- Home of record
- El Reno, Oklahoma (Canadian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 32
- ALVIN RAY FRITZCorporal · February 14, 1969
- CHARLES SPENCER JONESWarrant Officer 1 · February 14, 1969
- REGINALD DAVID KINGLance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM KUSTABORDERCorporal · February 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN DUBACHSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 31
- JUAN RODRIGUEZ PEQUENOCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 33
- STEPHEN LAWREN SCHUMACHERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 34
From El Reno
- RONALD LEE WATSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- JAMES TERENCE BAYNELance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONALD LEE GUSTAFSONStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1967
- ALPHA LEE BUFORDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- CLARENCE FINLEY BLANTONLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1968
- SAMMY RAY SMITHSergeant · April 16, 1968
- JOE ED RILEY JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN PLATOMaster Sergeant · May 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.