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LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLAND
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 15, 1934 – June 12, 1965
Service recordLawrence Thomas Holland, of Alhambra, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 12, 1965, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 9
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 615 TFS
- Born
- May 15, 1934
- Home of record
- Alhambra, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 12, 1965
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1965; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 9
- DONALD LEE BAKERSpecialist Five · June 12, 1965
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- BILLY GENE HAMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
From Alhambra
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVALStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · March 18, 1969
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- STEPHEN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · October 29, 1972
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · January 27, 1973
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.