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MICHAEL JAMES HOLLOWAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1949 – August 13, 1969
Service recordMichael James Holloway, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 31
- RUSSELL PATRICK FORRISTALLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- WAYDE MURRAY HUSOSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- CARL FRED KROHLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- DANA EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES MENDENHALLCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 32
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.