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RONALD STEVEN HOLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1950 – July 13, 1969
Service recordRonald Steven Holeman, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 112
- BYRON ROYCE HALLCorporal · July 13, 1969
- GRAHAM HENRY HOWISONSergeant First Class · July 13, 1969
- DAVID ROY MAIERSpecialist Five · July 13, 1969
- JERRY MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 13, 1969
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 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.