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Submitted: 8/19/19 • Approved: 8/24/19 • Last Updated: 8/27/19 • R1275706-G0-S3
US Navy
World War II
August 25, 1921 - January 30, 1946
Purple Heart
Killed in Action
So. Pacific-off Okinawa U.S.S. Swordfish
Spouse: Hilda Verna Finkbiner
Father: Johnny Floyd "Jack" Holland
Mother: Kathleen Gothard
When Ray Holland was born on August 25, 1921, in Cherry Hill Township, Arkansas, his father, Johnny, was 23 and his mother, Kathleen, was 21. He had two children with Hilda Verna Finkbiner. He died as a young father in January 1945 at the age of 23.
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Michael Allison
Contributed on 8/19/19 by hawkinsdonna48
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