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EDWARD MONROE HOLTZMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 8, 1948 – February 11, 1969
Service recordEdward Monroe Holtzman, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 13
- LONNIE ELWOOD HOOPAUGHPetty Officer Second Class · February 11, 1969
- JAMES EUGENE KIRBYWarrant Officer 1 · February 11, 1969
- HAROLD WILLIAM KROSKE JRMajor · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT BRUCE MADDOXFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DUANE ALFRED DEVEGASergeant · Panel 32W, Line 10
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 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.