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DANIEL PERRY HOLTREY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 26, 1948 – August 21, 1969
Service recordDaniel Perry Holtrey, of Flat Rock, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 86
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Flat Rock, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 86
- JAMES LEWIS GORDONCorporal · August 21, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE HARPLance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN HAVARDPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS HEINEMEIERLance Corporal · August 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUPERT A FUNDERBURK JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 85
- MICHAEL NICHOLAS MASUENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 88
From Flat Rock
- DAVID PETER BROWNPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARRISON RAUBCorporal · January 10, 1968
- JAMES LEROY TANGEMANSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- RONALD HARRY PORTERPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- RUSSELL CHARLES YOSTPrivate First Class · 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.