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RONALD LEE HOLTZMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 19, 1946 – August 24, 1967
Service recordRonald Lee Holtzman, of White Post, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 19, 1946
- Home of record
- White Post, Virginia (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 38
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- DANNY ERIC GOODWINLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- EDWARD ROBERT GUESTLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- ROLAND IRA JEFFERSONCorporal · August 24, 1967
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.