THE WALL OF FACES

I was on a plane in subic bay that contains the remains of mr Holloway being shipped home. In those day escort were not assigned so he was traveling alone. He was removed from our plane and put on a jet to get him back to his family faster but in the time I was with him I promised him he would not be forgotten and I have kept that promise. I am now 77 years old with cancer and will be leaving here sooner than I like but maybe I will get to meet mister Holloway sometime in the future. RIP

I was on a plane at subic bay that contain the remains of mister Holloway while he was being sent back home. In those day remains did not get a escort and he was traveling alone. I will and never have forgotten him and will not forget until I leave this earth. I promised him that he would not be forgotten and he won't as long as I live.

Chief Warrant Officer Charles Edward Holloway, Served with the 81st Transportation Company, 45th Transportation Battalion, United States Army Support Group Vietnam, Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), United States Army Vietnam.

I was there that day and i will never forget as long as I live. I was a crew member of the 8th Transportaion Company out of Que Nhon. The 81and 8th flew togeather that day. I would like to post a poem that is fitting for all fallen Aviators.

He wanted to fly. Yes he wanted to fly Up Up into Gods blue sky and flecy clouds that seemed to beckon him on. Yes he wanted to fly to protect earthlings you and I. But now he sails the skies above, and to his God he clings. For God has taken his engine, and left him only his wings.

CWO Charles E. Holloway was mortally wounded December 22, 1962 during an assault on a Viet Cong stronghold at Van Hoa, north of Tuy Hoa in the Phu Yen Province. He was the first member of the 81st Transportation Company to be killed in action in Vietnam. CWO Holloway was flying a CH-21 Shawnee helicopter at treetop level heading toward the LZ when he was hit by hostile enemy fire. His aircraft was the eighth in a line of twenty-nine CH-21s carrying ARVN troops into the landing zone when they began to draw heavy enemy ground fire. CWO Holloway was at the controls in the right-hand seat when he was wounded. The crew chief had to assist the co-pilot in gaining control of the aircraft by moving CWO Holloway’s feet off the foot pedals. CWO Holloway was evacuated to a hospital in Tuy Hoa with a severe head wound. He died later that afternoon. He had been in Vietnam only twenty-eight days. CWO Holloway had a wife and five children. On July 4th of 1963, the airstrip at Pleiku was named in honor of CWO Holloway, and following the buildup of American forces, the new base camp, established approximately 3 kilometers east of the city, was also named in honor of CWO Holloway. According to available information, it was one of the earliest named U.S. installations in the Republic of Vietnam. [Taken from vhpa.org, my.core.com, and nationalvnwarmuseum.org]