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ROBERT VERNON HOLLAND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1947 – June 4, 1968
Service recordRobert Vernon Holland, of Martinsville, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 10
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Martinsville, Virginia (Martinsville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 10
- JOHN CHARLES HARRINGTONPrivate · June 4, 1968
- RONNIE LEE JONESPrivate · June 4, 1968
- NORMAN LAWRENCE KELLERSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
- EARL ROGER LERCHPetty Officer Third Class · June 4, 1968
From Martinsville
- LOUIS ALLEN JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- JOHNNY MICHAEL HAIRSTONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- SAMUEL EARNEST WITCHERSergeant · July 4, 1967
- ALPHONSO S MARTINSergeant · February 1, 1968
- MORRIS ALFRED WHITEHEADSergeant · February 24, 1968
- LONNIE DOUGLAS ALLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- LARRY DAVIS HATCHERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- LEWIS RANDOLPH LOVELL JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- HARRY PEMBERTON MARTINPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- CLOVIS BERNARD WALKERCorporal · June 30, 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.