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TONY LEE BUHOLTZ
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1947 – March 22, 1969
Service recordTony Lee Buholtz, of Miami, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 9
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
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 9
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JOHN RALPH BRANDBORGSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- ALBERT CHARLES BUTLERLieutenant Colonel · March 22, 1969
- WILLIS CORMIERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY EUGENE HUBBSCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 12
- ROBERT PATRICK ILSLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 12
- MOISES TAPIASergeant · Panel 28W, Line 15
- JAMES DAVID WRIGHT JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 16
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.