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GARY RICHARD HOLT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1946 – June 24, 1966
Service recordGary Richard Holt, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 85
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 85
- DONALD DELOY HANSENLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLAN ALPHONSA GANZYPrivate · June 24, 1966
- BILLY MONROE GREENSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- JOHNNY HICKEYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- AARON MILTON HOPKINSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ADELL ARIE ALSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 83
- DONALD CARTHEL ESTESChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 8E, Line 84
- JOHNNY HICKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 85
- BOBBY JOE JAMESStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- LAWRENCE P LEBRUNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 87
- MELVIN MCCRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 88
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 89
- DELMAS SHERWOOD TOWNSENDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8E, Line 89
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 90
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
- JOHN HARRY PERDUEPrivate First Class · April 8, 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.