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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Bobby Lee Holzer.

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BOBBY LEE HOLZER

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

September 21, 1931 – September 2, 1970

Service record

Bobby Lee Holzer, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7W · Line 33

Position of Panel 7W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
September 21, 1931
Home of record
Hot Springs, Arkansas (Garland County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 2, 1970
Age
38
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

13 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 7W, Line 33

From Hot Springs

All 16 names from Hot Springs →

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.