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ROBERT JOSEPH HOLLAND
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1947 – January 20, 1970
Service recordRobert Joseph Holland, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 49
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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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 49
- ROBERT JOHN GASKO JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 1970
- GERALD ALAN GAUTHIERSergeant · January 20, 1970
- CHESTER THEO HOWARD JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 1970
- EVERETT DENNIS KEATONCaptain · January 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ALAN GAUTHIERSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 49
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
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.