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MICHAEL LEONARD HOLIDAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1944 – January 31, 1968
Service recordMichael Leonard Holiday, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh 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 36E, Line 15
- LLOYD ALLEN HIMESSergeant Major · January 31, 1968
- TROY EDWARD HIRNI IISpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- LUEY VERNON HOLLANDSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- IVAN D HOMSLEYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER MARK BUTLERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 89
- RICHARD ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 17
- VERNON H CHRISTOFFER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 21
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.