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PAUL HOLSTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 22, 1947 – September 27, 1968
Service recordPaul Holston, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 29
- PAUL DAVID GROSICKAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- KEVIN LESLIE GREENESergeant · September 27, 1968
- QUENTIN FOXX HURSTFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1968
- TYRONE JACKSONLance Corporal · September 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JONESCorporal · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MITCHELL LAWRENCE FIRMINSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 28
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.