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ROBERT ERIE HOLEYFIELD
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1932 – April 28, 1968
Service recordRobert Erie Holeyfield, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1932
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 38
- ELMER DEAN HILLSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY HOLLMENPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- SIDNEY A HOWECorporal · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT L G MENDIOLASpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE BRYANStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 34
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 37
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 39
- JOHN THOMAS INTIHARPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 40
- STEVEN MICHAEL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 40
- ROBERT LOUIS MCDUFFYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 41
- VALENTINE AMBROSE OCHSCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 41
- MILLARD LAMAR PALMERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 42
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 42
- MELVIN PRYOR SRSergeant First Class · Panel 52E, Line 42
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 43
- RONNIE GLYNN SLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 44
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.