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JOSEPH HOLMES
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 4, 1950 – October 16, 1969
Service recordJoseph Holmes, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 84
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 84
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIBSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1969
- DAVID ROBERT GOODINEPrivate First Class · October 16, 1969
- EDWARD LEON GOODMANPrivate First Class · October 16, 1969
- ROBERT FRANK HEILIG JRCorporal · October 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANK HEILIG JRCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 84
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.