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TERRY WAYNE HOLMES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 15, 1949 – December 30, 1967
Service recordTerry Wayne Holmes, of Baxter, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 3
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Baxter, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 3
- DANNIE LEWIS JOHNSONSergeant · December 30, 1967
- TERRY AUGUSTA JONESPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- WILLIAM NORRIS LOCKETTPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL MARKLE JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALLEN STROSHANESpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 1
- JOHN FRANKLIN MORRISON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 4
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.