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DAVID RODNEY HOLT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 27, 1948 – November 18, 1968
Service recordDavid Rodney Holt, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 38W, Line 7
- WILLIAM BENJAMIN EZELLLance Corporal · November 18, 1968
- DALE WILLIAM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
- FRANK MARTINEZPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURRAY JRSpecialist Four · November 18, 1968
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
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.