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WILLIE J HOLLAND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1938 – November 5, 1967
Service recordWillie J Holland, of Carlisle, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 24
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 536 ENG DET 937 ENG GRP
- Born
- March 19, 1938
- Home of record
- Carlisle, Kentucky (Nicholas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 24
- RALPH LEE FORDSergeant · November 5, 1967
- EMMITT ROOSEVELT GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- ROY PAINTER GILLESPIEStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
- GEORGE R W K GREENWOODStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
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.