James William Holt

Vietnam War
Unit5th Special Forces Group
RankMaster Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromHot Springs Arkansas
Date of DeathFebruary 7 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Master Sergeant Holt was a member of Detachment A-101, 5th Special Forces Group. On February 7, 1968, a combined North Vietnamese Army infantry-tank assault drove into Lang Vei in the northwestern corner of South Vietnam. Master Sergeant Holt destroyed three tanks before he became Missing in Action. MSGT Holt's remains have been recovered and identified. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.