Lola Renee Bolden

1955 – 1995

Life Keepsakes Service Also Remembered Memorials In Our Keeping

Lola Renee Bolden served in the U.S. Army for 16 years and 1 month. Lola served during the years of the Cold War and Gulf War. Lola was 40 years old.

How She Died

Manner Homicide

Cause Blast injury

What Happened

Army Sgt. 1st Class Lola Renee Bolden, 40, of Birmingham, AL, had been stationed in the Oklahoma City Recruiting Battalion for four months. At the time of her death, Bolden was survived by a 21-year-old daughter and two sons, Ricky Hill, 13, and Jonathan, 11. The 15-year Army veteran worked in the fourth floor recruiting station in the federal building. The single mother had transferred from Colorado to Oklahoma in January. Her son, Ricky, described his mother as kind and funny, and said she would have pillow fights and “stuff” with her kids.

Keepsakes

Sergeant First Class Lola Bolden U.S. Army 12 views

Service Record

U.S. Army

1979 – 1995

Conflicts

Cold War Gulf War

Memorials

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Also Remembered

Oklahoma City

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In Our Keeping

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