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LASZLO HOLOVITS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1940 – September 23, 1967
Service recordLaszlo Holovits, of Seaside, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 3
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Seaside, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 3
- LARRY JAMES HIGHPrivate First Class · September 23, 1967
- ARNOLD GARY KRAVITZAirman Second Class · September 23, 1967
- CECIL A MEARESSergeant First Class · September 23, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- ROBERT ERNEST SIPESpecialist Five · September 23, 1967
From Seaside
- KURT CASEY MCDONALDColonel · December 31, 1964
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1965
- CARLITO LADORES DORSEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- O D SCOTTSergeant First Class · November 16, 1967
- WILMER WATSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- RAYMOND JESUS PALACIOSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN SHERMANStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
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.