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RICHARD JEROME HOLMAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 28, 1947 – June 5, 1969
Service recordRichard Jerome Holman, of Astoria, Oregon, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 74
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Astoria, Oregon (Clatsop County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 74
- STEVEN WAYNE HERRINGSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- KERRY EUGENE HESSFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1969
- MERLE ROBERT HIGGINSSergeant · June 5, 1969
- THOMAS GLEN HORALPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
From Astoria
- ALAN LYNN BARNETTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- KENNETH DUANE PHARESPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- DAN THOMAS KLINDTPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DANIEL EDWARD LLOYDCorporal · July 28, 1968
- PATRICK A CADWALLADERSpecialist Five · December 20, 1969
- RONALD STANLEY ANDERSONAirman First Class · March 23, 1972
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.