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DANIEL JAMES HOLT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – January 18, 1969
Service recordDaniel James Holt, of Renton, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Renton, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 33
- ALAN DAVID ELAPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- JAMES EARL ELLINGSONWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1969
- WAYNE HOWARD KNOWLTONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- FERRELL EDWARD MESSERSpecialist Four · January 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE LEWIS DOTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 32
- JAMES FREDRICK EISMANSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 32
- JERRY LEE WARBRITTONPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 35
From Renton
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- STEVE WILLIAM KINGHAMMERCorporal · January 27, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL PETCHNICKPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- DUANE SCOTT BAKERCaptain · June 6, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM TOSCHISergeant · July 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBY WOLFPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- LEONARD MORRIS PHIPPSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS FRANCAVILLALance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HOSKINSLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
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.