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LINWOOD MCCOY HOLMES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1940 – September 19, 1966
Service recordLinwood McCoy Holmes, of Ernul, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Ernul, North Carolina (Craven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 119
- DAVID ALAN HENRYLieutenant (junior grade) · September 19, 1966
- CHESTER STACY HUGHESPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- ALBERT STEVEN HURTADOLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD FRANCIS LANESergeant · Panel 10E, Line 120
From Ernul
- STANLEY GRAY TOLERPrivate First Class · September 2, 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.