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ROBERT THOMAS HOLMES
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
January 30, 1944 – September 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Thomas Holmes, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 79
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
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 79
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DANISONSergeant · September 13, 1969
- JAMES DAVID DARWINPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- EDWARD MAYNARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- STEVEN DANNY LUNDLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.