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RICHARD ANCIL HOLT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1946 – June 6, 1968
Service recordRichard Ancil Holt, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 5
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 5
- JAMES HOLTCorporal · June 6, 1968
- FRANKLIN WERNER HOOPS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- CLARENCE E HORNBUCKLE JRMaster Sergeant · June 6, 1968
- JAMES BYRON HOWARDHospitalman · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRIS ALAN FOLMARSecond Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 2
- DOUGLAS MAC WASHINGTONSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 17
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.