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KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1945 – January 27, 1966
Service recordKenneth Ralph Hollenbach, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 100
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 100
- HARRY CURTIS MCCARTNEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- HUGHLEN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN LANELance Corporal · Panel 4E, Line 98
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 100
- KENNETH GERARD MCBRIDELance Corporal · Panel 4E, Line 101
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 101
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- DAVID PAUL OPLINGERSergeant · June 16, 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.