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JOHN THOMAS HOLTON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1948 – July 7, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Holton JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 35
- JAMES A GOODMANStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
- ANTHONY WARREN GRUNDYLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- IVORY HILL JRStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
- ROBERT BERNARD HORTONPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAVAUGHN ELLIOTTSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 34
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.