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CHARLES RALPH HOLLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1945 – December 19, 1967
Service recordCharles Ralph Holland, of Pleasant Shade, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Pleasant Shade, Tennessee (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 23
- PATRICK LEE HENSHAWSergeant · December 19, 1967
- THOMAS STOW HENSHAWLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK HOLZChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 19, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY HUDDLESONCorporal · December 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JEROME F LEVASSEUR JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 24
- RAY TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 24
- GARY LESLIE NORMANCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 26
From Pleasant Shade
- JACKIE SHIRL UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
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.