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ROBERT LEE HOLLIE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 29, 1947 – July 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Hollie JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 27
- JOHN LAWRENCE HASFORD JRStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1968
- RONALD ERNEST INGRAMCorporal · July 6, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KILDERRYLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- THOMAS PATRICK MAHONEY IIILance Corporal · July 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELWOOD LAYTON HOUSTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 28
- FRED EVANS MITCHELL IIICorporal · Panel 53W, Line 28
- EUGENE LEE RILEYCorporal · Panel 53W, Line 30
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.