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GARY DENNIS HOLTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1949 – July 3, 1968
Service recordGary Dennis Holton, of Chico, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 1
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 240 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Chico, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “240 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 1
- BILLY RAY HOLMESSergeant · July 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MERLE HOUTZCorporal · July 3, 1968
- WILLIAM D JOHNSON JRCorporal · July 3, 1968
- FREDERICK FRENCH VANDEUSENLieutenant Colonel · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE BELLINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 40
From Chico
- JOHN ROBERT ADAMSSergeant First Class · November 8, 1967
- FLOYD WAYNE STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
- GARY RALPH SCHWELLENBACHCorporal · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL FREDERICK WALKERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ALLAN DEAN MASTELLERSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- TODD LOUIS WOODSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL SARAKOVPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS TALKENLieutenant Commander · August 2, 1969
- ROY VERNON RAWLINSergeant · August 11, 1969
- ROBERT GLENN HARTMANFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 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.