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ROY JAY HOLMGREN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1950 – June 18, 1970
Service recordRoy Jay Holmgren, of Redding, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 64
- PAUL DUFAULTPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- JAMES ARVIL GREENPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- EUGENE RICHARD GUDISWITZLance Corporal · June 18, 1970
- EARNEST HARDIMON JRFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAFAEL ALBERT CHAVEZChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 63
- JAMES ARTHUR SCRUGGSPrivate · Panel 9W, Line 65
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.