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LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 9, 1946 – June 15, 1967
Service recordLonnie Michael Holmes, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1946
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 106
- LAWRENCE ADAMS HURDSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- WILHELM LUDWIG KEGLEWITSCHCorporal · June 15, 1967
- PETER BODO LEHMANNLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- PAUL MICHAEL ROBERTSPrivate · January 20, 1968
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.