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SAMUEL LOYD HOLDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1946 – March 11, 1969
Service recordSamuel Loyd Holder, of Wister, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Wister, Oklahoma (Le Flore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 10
- JOSEPH REFUGIO HERMOSILLOSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- JAMES HARRISON HORTONSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- ARCHIE HUBERT IYUA JRSergeant · March 11, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD JACKSONSergeant · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HOWARD BARKSDALESergeant · Panel 29W, Line 4
- WAYNE ALLEN BRATZSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 5
- MILFRED HAROLD DINGMANSergeant First Class · Panel 29W, Line 6
- VANDERBILT ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 7
- EDWARD THOMAS COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 8
- TERRELL THOMAS HAMSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 9
- VINCENT GENE LEWSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 11
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LEWISSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 11
- JEAN D MARTINSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 11
- JOHN FREDERICK MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 12
- KENNETH JAMES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 13
- CARLOS LEROY TARTTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 15
- JOHN RANDOLPH WEIRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 15
- HOWARD GREGORY WEBSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 16
From Wister
- EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Five · November 12, 1965
- CURTIS HERMAN BULLARDPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD EUGENE DODDSergeant First Class · December 31, 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.