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JOHN FREDERICK HOLZ
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 22, 1941 – December 19, 1967
Service recordJohn Frederick Holz, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 23
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 162 AVN CO
- Born
- March 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “162 AVN CO”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 23
- PATRICK LEE HENSHAWSergeant · December 19, 1967
- THOMAS STOW HENSHAWLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
- CHARLES RALPH HOLLANDPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY HUDDLESONCorporal · December 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DANIEL KLINESpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 24
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 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.