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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of George Alex Holtschneider.

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GEORGE ALEX HOLTSCHNEIDER

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

January 8, 1950 – January 9, 1970

Service record

George Alex Holtschneider, of Westphalia, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 14W · Line 18

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
January 8, 1950
Home of record
Westphalia, Missouri (Osage County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 9, 1970
Age
20
Province
Phuoc Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

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What was happening

30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 14W, Line 18

From Westphalia

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.