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RAYMOND CLYDE HOLT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1948 – December 27, 1970
Service recordRaymond Clyde Holt, of Antioch, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 SQD 11 CAV
- Born
- December 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Antioch, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 11
- MARTIN JOSEPH HANLONPrivate · December 27, 1970
- ROY DOUGLAS JORDANSpecialist Four · December 27, 1970
- JACK WILLIAM MCCANNSergeant · December 27, 1970
- ESTEBAN VALERIANO ROCHEZPetty Officer Second Class · December 27, 1970
From Antioch
- JOHN EDWARD HANNIGAN IIIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM PORTERCorporal · December 18, 1965
- MICHAEL ROMAN SAMSONPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- DANIEL VIRAMONTES VALDEZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GEORGE DOUGLAS DEITRICKSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- MICHAEL ALFRED RASMUSSONCorporal · June 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.