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THEODORE ROBERT HOLLIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 16, 1949 – May 21, 1968
Service recordTheodore Robert Hollis, of Silsbee, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Silsbee, Texas (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 15
- ROBERT LOUIS HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH HEWLETTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR HILLPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- BRENT R JONESCorporal · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLIE RAY ACREESergeant · Panel 64E, Line 10
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 64E, Line 11
- CHARLES PATRICK BROWNSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 12
- VINCENT JAMES CARAVELLOPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 12
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 13
- ROGER L DILLMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 13
- LARRY MICHAEL GROSSCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 13
- GREGORY ALEXANDER HARPERSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 14
- AURELIO GARZA HERRERASergeant · Panel 64E, Line 14
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 14
- LEONARD DAVID MCGINNISPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 17
- JERRY EUGENE SPICERStaff Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 2
- CHARLES EDWARD WALTHALLPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 3
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 3
From Silsbee
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HARRY WILLIAM MARTINSenior Master Sergeant · April 10, 1967
- EDDIE LYNN LANCASTERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- THOMAS GORESergeant First Class · May 7, 1968
- JESSE STEPHEN AYRESPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- MITCHEL RAY TYLERPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
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.