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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Carlton Jake Holland.

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CARLTON JAKE HOLLAND

Captain · U.S. Army

May 31, 1928 – February 9, 1965

Service record

Carlton Jake Holland, of Casper, Wyoming, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 86

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
May 31, 1928
Home of record
Casper, Wyoming (Natrona County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 9, 1965
Age
36
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

Six names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 86

Same unit, same day

From Casper

All 12 names from Casper →

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.