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MORRIS ELIOT HOLCMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 22, 1947 – August 4, 1968
Service recordMorris Eliot Holcman, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 8
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 8
- JAMES ISIAH FOWLER JRSergeant · August 4, 1968
- JOHNNY EARL FRISKPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- RICHARD W HELLARD JRCorporal · August 4, 1968
- ALLEN PAUL HOUCKCorporal · August 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOHN EDWARDSPrivate · Panel 49W, Line 7
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.