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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