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LARRY DOUGLAS HOLLEY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 27, 1946 – July 29, 1967
Service recordLarry Douglas Holley, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 26
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics) (AMH)
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, New Mexico (San Miguel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 26
- RUSSELL ALLAN GRAZIERPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES CLARK GREGORYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT LEE HASZAirman · July 29, 1967
- RICHARD ANTHONY HATCHERAirman · July 29, 1967
From Las Vegas
- GEORGE W ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- JOSEPH ARCHULETASpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERASpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- HENRY LEROY TEJADAPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- MICHAEL RANDALL EARLChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 27, 1969
- JERRY FLORESSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
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.