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ROBERT ANDREW HOLAN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1947 – March 24, 1969
Service recordRobert Andrew Holan JR, of Rockford, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 26
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Rockford, Minnesota (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 26
- JOHN MARVIN GREENESergeant · March 24, 1969
- DAVID STANLEY HARRISSergeant · March 24, 1969
- JAMES KENNETH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
- ALLEN ROBERT MILLERSergeant · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DAVID HAMILTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 27
- THOMAS LEE LOANPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 27
- DENNIS MICHAEL SILVERIPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 29
From Rockford
- CARL FREDERICK KASHIEMERSpecialist Four · December 20, 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.