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CHARLES JAMES HOLLAND
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1939 – August 18, 1967
Service recordCharles James Holland, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 13
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1939
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 13
- DANIEL MAKAREWICZPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- FRED W MITCHELL JRStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1967
- LARRY J OROSCOPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
From Elizabeth
- CHARLES EARNEST IANNUZZICorporal · August 18, 1965
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- MICHAEL PIASCIKCorporal · July 6, 1966
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE WHEELERSergeant First Class · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BRADYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS RUTHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 14, 1967
- EUGENE MILEYPrivate First Class · December 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.