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LEONARD HUGH HOLMES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1950 – February 3, 1969
Service recordLeonard Hugh Holmes, of Talladega, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Talladega, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 48
- RUSSELL THOMAS FANTSergeant · February 3, 1969
- GORDON DWIGHT GARDNERSergeant · February 3, 1969
- GARY LEE GLEARSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES GULLAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
From Talladega
- WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- EARNEST PAUL HOLMES JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- WILLIE GENE WILSONSergeant · April 9, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- JIMMY GRANT FREEMANSergeant First Class · March 24, 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.