VIETNAM - HOLT, RAYMOND CLYDE

Holt, Raymond Clyde

VIETNAM - HOLT, RAYMOND CLYDE
HOLT, RAYMOND CLYDE

Rank: Sergeant

Unit: K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist

Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge

Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device

Enlisted by: Selected Service

Date of birth: 17-Dec-1948

Hometown: Antioch, California

Marital status: Married to Myra J. Holt

Campaign: Vietnam Conflict

Entered service: 17-Jun-1969

Start of tour: 2-May-1970

Incident date: 27-Dec-1970

Date of casualty: 27-Dec-1970

Age at death: 22

Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Raymond Clyde Holt was killed while setting up a night defensive position when a mine detonated. / Setting up night defensive position, detonated hostile mine.

Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SGT Raymond Clyde Holt
SGT Jack William McCann
SGT Carver Joe Frank Vaughan

Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 999 324

Place of interment: Oak View Memorial Park, Antioch, California, USA

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial panel and row: 05W 011 (view Vietnam Veterans Memorial link in a new window)