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PETER OTTO HOLCOMB
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 26, 1946 – March 13, 1966
Service recordPeter Otto Holcomb, of Grandy, Minnesota, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 13, 1966, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 60
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (BT3)
- Born
- January 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Grandy, Minnesota
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Added to the Wall
- 2011
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 60
- PABLO PATINOStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1967
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- CHARLES SHAFFERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- JAMES MONFRE SHAPPEEPetty Officer Third Class · February 18, 1967
- TONY PAGE BLANKSPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2011, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.