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SAM HOLMES JR
Private · U.S. Army
February 3, 1952 – May 14, 1971
Service recordSam Holmes JR, of Sanford, Florida, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 34
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 3, 1952
- Home of record
- Sanford, Florida (Seminole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 34
- JEFFREY LANCE COOPERCorporal · May 14, 1971
- ROBERT BRUCE DEWINESergeant · May 14, 1971
- PHILLIP SCOTT GLASSCorporal · May 14, 1971
- EDWARD FRANCIS HEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1971
From Sanford
- TERRY DENVER CORDELLCaptain · October 15, 1962
- EDWARD FRANK GOLDCommander · December 22, 1965
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · May 21, 1966
- MICHEAL JOHN DRAKEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- SHELTON MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- PATRICK LINDSEY HALLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WOOD GRANTSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD JONESPrivate First Class · July 5, 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.