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MICHAEL DOUGLAS HOLMES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 27, 1948 – April 14, 1969
Service recordMichael Douglas Holmes, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 81
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 27, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 81
- DAVID WAYNE HILDRETHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- VICTOR M HODSONFirst Lieutenant · April 14, 1969
- GARY ORLAND JACOBSPrivate First Class · April 14, 1969
- ANDREW EARL JENKINSGunnery Sergeant · April 14, 1969
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.