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WILLIAM BYARD HOLLOWELL
Captain · U.S. Army
April 14, 1932 – March 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam Byard Hollowell, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 35
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Fa Unit Commander (51193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1932
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 35
- JOHN COOLEY ELLISONCaptain · March 24, 1967
- SAMUEL GALLMAN IIILance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 37
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.