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JAMES RICHARD HOLT
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 26, 1946 – February 5, 1968
Service recordJames Richard Holt, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 36
- WAYNE DOUGLAS HAMELPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- TIMOTHY ROWLEY HAMMONDSergeant · February 5, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD HEIMANSergeant · February 5, 1968
- SHULER ADOLF HOFFMANLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WAYNE NORGAARDPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 1
- JACK ALLEN BEARDSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 31
- KENNETH WILLIAM COATESPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 33
- M L CURRYPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 34
- WESLEY GEORGE THURSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 46
From Jacksonville
- RICHARD DWAINE STOCKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1966
- MARION RAY HUTCHINSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- WALTER JOHN LYONSSecond Lieutenant · June 15, 1967
- PAUL SHIREMAN JRPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE FISHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- EDWARD WILSON GRIFFITHCaptain · May 11, 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.