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THOMAS EUGENE HOLMES
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 29, 1950 – November 6, 1969
Service recordThomas Eugene Holmes, of Walhalla, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Walhalla, South Carolina (Oconee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 39
- RAYMOND CARL FOERSTERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- LENNIS GODDARD JONES JRStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1969
- BRADLEY JOHN LOGANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM LOWERYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
From Walhalla
- BILLY LEESpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- GERALD EDWARD CHASTAINSpecialist Four · November 22, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANK THOMPSONPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- AUSTIN IVAN EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- WILLIE JOHNSONFirst Sergeant · March 5, 1970
- GRADY LEE NORRISSergeant First Class · July 27, 1970
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.