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GARY EARL HOLTZCLAW
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1944 – May 2, 1969
Service recordGary Earl Holtzclaw, of Corbin, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 99
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Corbin, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 99
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- BRUCE ELLIOTT FUNKLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- EUGENE GASTELUMPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE KIGARSergeant · May 2, 1969
From Corbin
- DAVID LEE MILESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- BENNY GILLIS CARRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- JACKIE EDWARD TROSPERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1967
- DAVID TERRELL DURHAMPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD GRAYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- J CLIFFORD JENKINSSergeant · April 4, 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.