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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 George William Holl.

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GEORGE WILLIAM HOLL

Corporal · U.S. Army

January 1, 1948 – November 10, 1968

Service record

George William Holl, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 39W · Line 44

Position of Panel 39W 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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
January 1, 1948
Home of record
Buffalo, New York (Erie County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 10, 1968
Age
20
Province
Kien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 39W, Line 44

Same unit, same day

From Buffalo

All 151 names from Buffalo →

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.