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LARRY WILLIAM HOLTZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 13, 1946 – November 12, 1966
Service recordLarry William Holtz, of Fremont, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 62
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Fremont, Nebraska (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 62
- GEORGE HARRISON BONNELL IIISecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- JOHN HENRY GALLAGHERMajor · November 12, 1966
- EDUARDO GUZMAN-LUGOStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 64
From Fremont
- KENNETH LEE STEELPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- GENE LEANDER TWEHOUSHospitalman · September 17, 1967
- JACK CHARLES PLAHNPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CRAIG ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- ROGER LEROY LANEPlatoon Sergeant · July 1, 1968
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.