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RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1940 – December 2, 1967
Service recordRichard Alton Holloway, of Longview, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 31, 1940
- Home of record
- Longview, Texas (Gregg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 24
- THOMAS LEANDRA HERRINGPrivate First Class · December 2, 1967
- SAMUEL HENRY HOWARDSergeant First Class · December 2, 1967
- DAVID A KREITZERChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 2, 1967
- WALLACE WILSON LEEPERChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 25
From Longview
- NORMAN RAY GARRETTPrivate · February 15, 1965
- WILLIAM BUCKELE NORTHCUTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- JAMES LEE WATKINSLance Corporal · January 28, 1967
- GARLAND PAUL LITTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- BOBBY LYNN WEATHERSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- JIM LAMARR AILSTOCK JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · March 28, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS MOLPUSFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS CLEO FYFFEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
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.