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RONALD LEE HOLTZHOUSER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – April 15, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Holtzhouser, of Malden, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 4
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Malden, Missouri (Dunklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 4
- ROBERT FRITSCHE JRSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- HOMER HOWARD HAWSCorporal · April 15, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE HEUERPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- ROBERT EARL MALONEFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EARL MALONEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 4
From Malden
- DAVID LEE VARVELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1965
- BRUCE ANTHONY NELSONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS BLAKESergeant · July 29, 1969
- RAYMOND ALLEN MAYStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1970
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · December 9, 1972
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.