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CLAY HOLT JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 30, 1944 – August 28, 1968
Service recordClay Holt JR, of Marshall, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Marshall, Missouri (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 49
- JIMMY LEO HARRISPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS HARTLEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
- MARK LOREN HOOKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ARMANDO SANCHEZ NAVARROPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOM MICHAEL THOMASCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 54
From Marshall
- RAY STEPHEN LONGPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- BOBBY GENE JACKSONSergeant · January 13, 1967
- CARL DEAN MILLERColonel · September 5, 1967
- BOBBY JOE WINKLERCorporal · January 2, 1968
- KENNETH LOREN JONESCorporal · January 14, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN DITTMERSergeant · April 18, 1969
- RONALD LEE EIDSONCorporal · July 11, 1969
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.