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RODGER DALE HOLMES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 12, 1945 – February 25, 1969
Service recordRodger Dale Holmes, of Elkhart, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 49
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Elkhart, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 49
- CARL WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- RUSSELL JAMES HOLLANDCorporal · February 25, 1969
- ERNEST CLARENCE HOWLECorporal · February 25, 1969
- WILLIAM HOWARD HUNTSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTON GARLAND DALEYCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 45
- FREDERICK R RATLIFF JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 56
- THOMAS CRAIG WARNERSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 61
- JAMES EDWARD WISESpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 62
From Elkhart
- STEVEN GARY BLOOMLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES SIGSBEEPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · November 18, 1967
- JAMES NORBERT GALEYTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · May 5, 1968
- WAYNE AUSTIN DECKERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- DENNIS LEE TYSONLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · November 21, 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.