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ROBERT GORDON HOLLEY
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1948 – August 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Gordon Holley, of Camargo, Oklahoma, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 45
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Camargo, Oklahoma (Dewey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 45
- ANTHONY JAMES BLEVINSPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- HENRY HILL JRFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD HORINEKSergeant · August 23, 1968
- LEO MILLER JENNETTELance Corporal · August 23, 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.