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JOHN PALMORE HOLCOMB
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 6, 1947 – April 30, 1968
Service recordJohn Palmore Holcomb, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 15
- DALE JOSEPH HESSLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- NICHOLAS LE HOLLINGSWORTHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN HUTZELLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- RAY DON JAMESPrivate · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOEL BEHM JRSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 9
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · Panel 53E, Line 11
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 16
- RONALD EUGENE PARRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 20
- EDWARD LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 20
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53E, Line 25
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · Panel 53E, Line 25
- JAMES E WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 25
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.