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ROBERT HARRY HOLLOWAY
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 29, 1942 – February 20, 1966
Service recordRobert Harry Holloway, of Keithsburg, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 20, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnanceman (AO)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS HANCOCK CVA 19
- Born
- December 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Keithsburg, Illinois (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1966. In February 1966, 513 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
Also on Panel 13E, Line 48
- RICHARD LEE OTTEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
- ROBERT EARL PUGHSpecialist Five · December 15, 1966
- ROY RATCLIFFCorporal · December 15, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
- LORENZO CLARKSergeant First Class · December 16, 1966
From Keithsburg
- RONALD ALAN CROSEPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 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.