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MELVIN DOUGLAS HOLCOMB
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1939 – July 6, 1967
Service recordMelvin Douglas Holcomb, of San Jose, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 19
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- February 18, 1939
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 19
- JOHN RICHARD HOULIHANCorporal · July 6, 1967
- TERRY WILLIAM JUDKINSPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- JERRY LEE KASTERPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- LEONARD MIRAMONTEZLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.