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DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 25, 1947 – February 29, 1968
Service recordDarrell Raymond Umholtz, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 11
- JOHN WILLIAM TRACYSergeant · February 29, 1968
- ARTHUR JOHN TURKSTRASpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- LARRY PRESTON TYSONSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- LARRY JOHN WALTERMANPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EARL TIMOTHY JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 6
- JERROLD PATRICK SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 10
From Falls Church
- LYELL FRANCIS KINGCaptain · February 18, 1966
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLERCorporal · April 29, 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.