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ROBERT ALAN HOLT
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
June 13, 1942 – September 19, 1968
Service recordRobert Alan Holt, of Reading, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ea-6a/B Electronic Warfare Officer (I) (7582)
- Born
- June 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Reading, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 37
- RICHARD ALFONCE HOFFMANNCorporal · September 19, 1968
- ROSS THOMAS HULSLANDERCorporal · September 19, 1968
- JOSEPH LOUIS JACKSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
- LLOYD WILLIAM JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
From Reading
- PETER MALCOLM BREDBURYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1965
- ROBERT JAMES CROCELance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HANSCOMPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- BRUCE CARLTON PARMELEEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- EDWARD ALLEN PUTNEYStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS HAVELSpecialist Five · June 26, 1969
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.