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MICHAEL D HOLLINGSWORTH
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
May 11, 1942 – February 4, 1968
Service recordMichael D Hollingsworth, of Lake Park, Florida, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 28
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
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Civil Engineer Corps (5105)
- Born
- May 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Lake Park, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 28
- ROBERT LEE STANEKCorporal · February 4, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE TOSTENSONLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
- KESTER ULREYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- JUAN FRANCISCO VAZQUEZSergeant First Class · February 4, 1968
From Lake Park
- THOMAS ALLEN CERESFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- CHARLES GLEN HEWITTLance Corporal · March 28, 1970
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.