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RICHARD EUGENE HOLZER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 4, 1944 – August 1, 1969
Service recordRichard Eugene Holzer JR, of Brookfield, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 83
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Brookfield, Missouri (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 83
- THOMAS CASTILLOSergeant · August 1, 1969
- GAYLORD KILA DEFRIESStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1969
- JAMES LARRY HICKSCorporal · August 1, 1969
- JOHN DAVID MUIRPetty Officer Third Class · August 1, 1969
From Brookfield
- LANNY GAYLE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- THOMAS ARNOLD LONGPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.