THE WALL OF FACES

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

Dear Lt Dennis Holm, Thank you for your service as a Counter Intelligence Officer. Tomorrow is Independence Day, and there is no better time to honor you. Please watch over the USA, it still needs your strength. Rest in peace with the angels.

Classmate at Fort Holabird. Denny was above all a gentleman in the truest sense of that word. He was also a family man. My fondest remembrance of him was standing with his beautiful family after mass one Sunday in Dundalk, Maryland. When word came of his passing it was stunning, but it was not surprising that it happened while he was volunteering to teach English to Vietnamese citizens. My best to his family.

Dear 1LT Dennis Lee Holm, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, Sir

Curt Carter

Dennis Lee “Denny” Holm was born September 16, 1943, in Deadwood, South Dakota, to Theodore and Mary Holm. He had one brother, Theodore Jr., who joined the Air Force during the Korean War. Dennis attended Rapid City High School, where he played basketball and graduated Cum Laude; he was known for being “an excellent student and a fine school citizen.” Dennis then went to Creighton University where he “was the first undergraduate arts and science student ever to serve as president of the university student school board of governors.” Additionally, he served as Sophomore Class President and played basketball. Graduating in 1965, he had plans to eventually return to Creighton to attend law school. He married his wife, Margaret, and they had a daughter, Erin. First Lieutenant Holm was stationed in Vietnam as part of the 524th Military Intelligence Detachment. While there he “volunteered to teach in a Chinese Catholic School because he felt the need was there and he wanted to work with young people.” In his final letter home he said, “I am learning more from them than they are from me.” On May 22, 1967, First Lieutenant Dennis Holm was killed by “an unknown terrorist” while in his third session of teaching at the school in the Cholon District. His body was returned to the United States and he was buried with military honors at Black Hills National Cemetery. He was only 23 years old and left behind his wife and daughter, Erin, who was only a year old. He is currently survived by his brother, Theodore J. Holm, Merritt Island, Florida; and his widow, Margaret Welch, and his daughter, Erin. There is a memorial walk in his memory at his alma mater, Creighton University. Rest in peace with the warriors.