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WINSTON GEORGE HOLLENSHEAD
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1943 – March 19, 1967
Service recordWinston George Hollenshead, of Haynesville, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 111
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Haynesville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 111
- JAMES A BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- JAMES R CURRANSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS J DANDOSergeant · March 19, 1967
- JACK MARTIN GOSNELLSpecialist Four · March 19, 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.