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Last Rank
Technical Sergeant
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Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 611-Aerial Gunner
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Last AFSC Group
Air Crew (Enlisted)
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Primary Unit
1950-1951, 5th Air Force
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Service Years
1942 - 1951
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1924 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Sgt D.L. Kimbrow (Skip)
to remember
Hollyfield, James Roy, TSgt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Elizabethton |
Last Address
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Casualty Date
Jan 09, 1951 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Missing |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Korea, South |
Conflict
Korean War |
Location of Interment
Happy Valley Memorial Park - Elizabethtown, Tennessee |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
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Last Known Activity
TSgt. James Roy Hollyfied served as a tailgunner aboard a B-26B (# 41-39574) that was lost 13 miles east of Suwon AB, South Korea on 9 January 1951 during a night intruder mission enroute to targer. He served with the 13th Bombardment Squadron (L), 3rd Bombardment Group (L).
(1st Lt. Oliver E. Buckley, Jr. was also killed in this crash. Of the 3 occupants aboard the aircraft, 2 were killed. Lt. James E. Smith was rescued.)
TSgt. Roy Hollyfield had enlisted on 19 August 1942.
He was awarded the DFC and Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
His remains were interred in Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethon, Tennessee. (See comments by family members at the following site: http://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_project_remembrance.html)
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Comments/Citation
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Note:
No details of WWII service availbable, but photo shows Pacific Theater Campaign Medal with 3 OLCs .
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