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KEITH DANIEL HOLMES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1950 – December 20, 1970
Service recordKeith Daniel Holmes, of Amity, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Amity, Arkansas (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1970. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 134
- BOBBY RAY DAILEYPrivate First Class · December 20, 1970
- SAZIN DALE FABACHERCorporal · December 20, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY REMELTS IISpecialist Four · December 20, 1970
- JAMES LEE RITERPetty Officer Third Class · December 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY RAY DAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 134
- SAZIN DALE FABACHERCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 134
- WILLIAM HENRY REMELTS IISpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 134
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.