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RAY WALTER HOLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1946 – September 23, 1966
Service recordRay Walter Holeman, of North Jackson, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- North Jackson, Ohio (Mahoning County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 3
- PAUL GORDON HAZENSpecialist Four · September 23, 1966
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- NOE MAGALLANSergeant · September 23, 1966
From North Jackson
- WILLIAM ANTHONY BERRYCaptain · March 5, 1967
- RALPH WOODWARD CRYTZER JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
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.