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ROBERT LOUIS BOLAN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 25, 1931 – July 24, 1970
Service recordRobert Louis Bolan, of Pasadena, Maryland, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Command Sergeant Major (00Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 25, 1931
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 48
- HARRY JULIAN BORTPetty Officer Second Class · July 24, 1970
- BILLY BRUCE BULLCorporal · July 24, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1970
- STEVEN LEE FAWBUSHCorporal · July 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GREG DOUGLAS STEVENSONSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 50
From Pasadena
- GORDON JAMES DEITZ JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BROWNCorporal · July 31, 1966
- DEAN JOHN CRAIGPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- DONALD ERNEST JONESPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- EDWARD ALLEN BOARDMANCaptain · April 1, 1968
- ALLEN LEE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 9, 1968
- LEE RAYMOND BRUCE JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- BOBBY DALE ROGERSLance Corporal · January 31, 1969
- HARRY NELSON STONESIFERSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE HARPLance Corporal · August 21, 1969
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.