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HERSCHEL CYLE HOLT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1943 – August 3, 1966
Service recordHerschel Cyle Holt, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 103
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 103
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- ROBERT MALICHI HOWELL JRLance Corporal · August 3, 1966
- CHARLES EVERETTE HURDPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.