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SAMUEL L HOLMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1940 – November 17, 1965
Service recordSamuel L Holman, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
161 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 79
- JERRY JOSEPH SANDERSLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOSEPH ROLLINS HILLIARDPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ROOSEVELT HINESPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD HOLDENPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
- WILLIAM JAMES STEWARTSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.