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WILLIAM DAVID HOLMES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 25, 1948 – April 22, 1971
Service recordWilliam David Holmes, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 2
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In April 1971, 292 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 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 2
- WILLIAM ESLEY WOOD JRMajor · April 21, 1971
- LOUIS ARTHUR YUGELSpecialist Four · April 21, 1971
- DENNIS ALAN JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1971
- ROBERT MORRISON PERSINGERWarrant Officer 1 · April 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS ALAN JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 2
- ROBERT MORRISON PERSINGERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 2
- TERRY E SCHWARTZSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 3
- ROBERT B YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 3
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.