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PAUL RICHARD HOLLEY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
January 10, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordPaul Richard Holley, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 17
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 17
- ARTHUR ROBERT HENNINGCorporal · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD HINTONFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- RALPH JOHN HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JOSEPH HENRY KAZEKEVICIOUSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 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.