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FREDERICK AUGUST HOLST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1950 – October 9, 1970
Service recordFrederick August Holst, of Knierim, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Knierim, Iowa (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 120
- DONALD EMERSON SHAY JRMajor · October 8, 1970
- ROBERT TRUGLIOPrivate First Class · October 8, 1970
- DAVID ARNOLD CONNELStaff Sergeant · October 9, 1970
- GEORGE W DANIELS JRPrivate · October 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ARNOLD CONNELStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 120
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.