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JOHNNY RAY HOLLOWAY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 14, 1945 – March 4, 1966
Service recordJohnny Ray Holloway, of Okolona, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Okolona, Mississippi (Chickasaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 104
- KLAUS JURGEN HERMSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES HOOPERCorporal · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM JOHN HRINKOLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
From Okolona
- JAMES EDWARD HILLPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- EUGENE HUNTCorporal · August 31, 1969
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.