Derek D. Holland

AGE: 20
HOMETOWN: Wind Gap (Pen Argyl Area High School graduate)
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Pennsylvania Army National Guard
RANK: Private 1st Class
UNIT: Alpha Company, 228th Brigade Support Battalion, Bethlehem.
DATE OF DEATH: June 3, 2008
CAUSE: Died near the town of Zormat in the Gardez Province in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device damaged his Humvee.
PLACE OF BURIAL: Whitehall Township
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June 6, 2008: Wind Gap guardsman killed
June 13, 2008: 'He had you laughing'
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