In Memory of…..ROBERT ALAN HOLT.
*** Robert is buried at Forest Glenn Cem in Reading,MA. He also has a military stone in Arlington Nat Cem.Posted by: Robert Sage, Thursday, August 19, 2004
*** THE REMAINS OF TWO U.S. MARINE AVIATORS WHO WERE UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE VIETNAM WAR HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND WILL BE RETURNED TO THEIR FAMILIES FOR BURIAL IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCED YESDERDAY THE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF CAPT. ROBERT A. HOLT OF READING, MASS AND CAPT. JOHN A. LAVOO OF PUEBLO, COLO. THEY WERE FLYING A COMBAT MISSION OVER QUANG BINH PROVINCE, NORTH VIETNAM, ON SEPT 19 1968, WHEN THEIR F-4B PHANTOM JET CRASHED WITH NO TRACE OF SURVIVORS.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
ROBERT ALAN HOLT - Marine Corps - CAPT - O3
Age: 26
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Jun 13, 1942-Woburn, Mass per DD1300 Military
From: READING, MA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Clifford Winfield Holt (____ - 2004)and Mother, Shirley F. Burbank Holt (1918 - 1972).
CAPT - O3 - Marine Corps - Regular
Length of service 3 years
His tour began on Sep 19, 1968
Casualty was on Sep 19, 1968
In QUANG TRI, NORTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 43W - Line 37
Other Personnel in Incident: John Lavoo, KIA/BNR
REMARKS:
CACCF/CRASH SOUTH VIETNAM/AIRCREW/3 YRS United States
Marine Corps/QUANG TRI
No further information available at this time.
On Sept. 19, 1968, Holt and Lavoo were flying their F-4B Phantom on a combat mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. After they launched their rockets at the target, their aircraft appeared to pitch very slightly without breaking its dive.
It then pulled suddenly to the right 90 degrees, then back 45 degrees. It crashed amid an explosion. No parachutes were observed and no beepers were heard by their wingman.
There was No Trace of Survivors.
**********************************************
Eddie,
I was a USMC Classmate of Captain Holt at OCS and The Basic School. I recently prepared the information below (2013) for a Memorial Service our Class held for the 33 members of the Class who lost their lives in Vietnam.
Captain Robert A. Holt – Bob entered the officer corps through the Officer Candidate Course. He was assigned to the 1st Platoon of Alpha Company at OCS and was commissioned on December 17, 1965. Bob was a single Marine, who completed Basic School with the 2nd Platoon of Delta Company. After, Basic School, Bob went to Naval Air Station, Glynco, GA and successfully completed Naval Flight Officer curriculum. He was then assigned to a US based squadron to get fully qualified as an F-4 Phantom Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) (MOS 7582). Bob's next set of orders sent him to Vietnam. He arrived in-country on May 4, 1968 and was assigned to VMFA-542, flying out of Danang. On September 19, 1967, Bob and his pilot, Captain John A. La Voo were assigned the lead aircraft on Mission 412, a strike against an NVA logistical storage site in North Vietnam approximately 64 kilometers northwest of Dong Ha (XE 807068). Their wing aircraft for the strike was piloted by Captain Sauer with Captain Renninger as RIO. The flight briefed at 14:00 and took off at 15:20 from Danang. Bob's aircraft was armed with 6 Mark-8 (500 pound bombs) and 4 Zuni rockets. During their first run at approximately 15:40, Bob and Captain La Voo dropped their 6 bombs on the target and their wing aircraft did the same. As they returned for a final rocket pass, they were taken under fire by NVA anti-aircraft gunners. They were in a 45 degree dive to deliver their Zuni rockets, when the aircraft received disabling enemy fire. Their wingman saw Bob and Captain La Voo's aircraft roll to the right and then partially recover before impacting the ground. The wing aircraft said there was no evidence of attempted ejection by either crewmember. Bob and his pilot were originally listed as MIA during the period September 19 – 24, 1968, but this was revised to Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered.
After the war concluded, the repatriation of their remains became the responsibility of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). It was a long and complicated process which brought the remains of these two aviators home for burial. In July 1992, a joint United States/Vietnamese team visited the suspected area of the crash to interview several informants with firsthand knowledge of the crash site. One of the informants turned over remains that were said to have been taken from the crash site. The team also examined some aircraft wreckage in the possession of the villagers. Another joint team re-interviewed one of the informants in August 1993. In January 1994, a third team surveyed the crash site again and recommended it for excavation. Then, in May 1994, excavation team members recovered numerous crew-related items as well as human remains. A fifth team continued the excavation in June and July 1994 and recovered additional remains and crew-related artifacts. The remains were repatriated on August 4, 1994. A sixth team completed the excavation in August 1994, recovering some further artifacts, but no remains.
Anthropological analysis of the remains and other evidence by the United States Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, confirmed the following on May 19, 1999:
1. Some remains were identified as belonging to Captain La Voo;
2. Some remains were identified as belonging to Captain Holt; and
3. Some remains could not be identified as belonging to either man.
On July 19, 1999, an unusual and unique ceremony was held in Arlington National Cemetery. With full military honors, the identifiable remains of the pilot, Captain John A. La Voo were interred. In a separate plot next to Captain La Voo, the unidentifiable remains of both crewmen were interred. Finally, Bob's identifiable remains of were returned to his father, transported to Reading, MA, and formally interred at Forest Glen Cemetery, where his mother, Shirley B. Holt, was buried.
Thanks for maintaining the memorial to my Classmate.
Semper Fi,
Dave
************************************************
.
*** Robert is buried at Forest Glenn Cem in Reading,MA. He also has a military stone in Arlington Nat Cem.Posted by: Robert Sage, Thursday, August 19, 2004
*** THE REMAINS OF TWO U.S. MARINE AVIATORS WHO WERE UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE VIETNAM WAR HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND WILL BE RETURNED TO THEIR FAMILIES FOR BURIAL IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCED YESDERDAY THE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF CAPT. ROBERT A. HOLT OF READING, MASS AND CAPT. JOHN A. LAVOO OF PUEBLO, COLO. THEY WERE FLYING A COMBAT MISSION OVER QUANG BINH PROVINCE, NORTH VIETNAM, ON SEPT 19 1968, WHEN THEIR F-4B PHANTOM JET CRASHED WITH NO TRACE OF SURVIVORS.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
ROBERT ALAN HOLT - Marine Corps - CAPT - O3
Age: 26
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Jun 13, 1942-Woburn, Mass per DD1300 Military
From: READING, MA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Clifford Winfield Holt (____ - 2004)and Mother, Shirley F. Burbank Holt (1918 - 1972).
CAPT - O3 - Marine Corps - Regular
Length of service 3 years
His tour began on Sep 19, 1968
Casualty was on Sep 19, 1968
In QUANG TRI, NORTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 43W - Line 37
Other Personnel in Incident: John Lavoo, KIA/BNR
REMARKS:
CACCF/CRASH SOUTH VIETNAM/AIRCREW/3 YRS United States
Marine Corps/QUANG TRI
No further information available at this time.
On Sept. 19, 1968, Holt and Lavoo were flying their F-4B Phantom on a combat mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. After they launched their rockets at the target, their aircraft appeared to pitch very slightly without breaking its dive.
It then pulled suddenly to the right 90 degrees, then back 45 degrees. It crashed amid an explosion. No parachutes were observed and no beepers were heard by their wingman.
There was No Trace of Survivors.
**********************************************
Eddie,
I was a USMC Classmate of Captain Holt at OCS and The Basic School. I recently prepared the information below (2013) for a Memorial Service our Class held for the 33 members of the Class who lost their lives in Vietnam.
Captain Robert A. Holt – Bob entered the officer corps through the Officer Candidate Course. He was assigned to the 1st Platoon of Alpha Company at OCS and was commissioned on December 17, 1965. Bob was a single Marine, who completed Basic School with the 2nd Platoon of Delta Company. After, Basic School, Bob went to Naval Air Station, Glynco, GA and successfully completed Naval Flight Officer curriculum. He was then assigned to a US based squadron to get fully qualified as an F-4 Phantom Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) (MOS 7582). Bob's next set of orders sent him to Vietnam. He arrived in-country on May 4, 1968 and was assigned to VMFA-542, flying out of Danang. On September 19, 1967, Bob and his pilot, Captain John A. La Voo were assigned the lead aircraft on Mission 412, a strike against an NVA logistical storage site in North Vietnam approximately 64 kilometers northwest of Dong Ha (XE 807068). Their wing aircraft for the strike was piloted by Captain Sauer with Captain Renninger as RIO. The flight briefed at 14:00 and took off at 15:20 from Danang. Bob's aircraft was armed with 6 Mark-8 (500 pound bombs) and 4 Zuni rockets. During their first run at approximately 15:40, Bob and Captain La Voo dropped their 6 bombs on the target and their wing aircraft did the same. As they returned for a final rocket pass, they were taken under fire by NVA anti-aircraft gunners. They were in a 45 degree dive to deliver their Zuni rockets, when the aircraft received disabling enemy fire. Their wingman saw Bob and Captain La Voo's aircraft roll to the right and then partially recover before impacting the ground. The wing aircraft said there was no evidence of attempted ejection by either crewmember. Bob and his pilot were originally listed as MIA during the period September 19 – 24, 1968, but this was revised to Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered.
After the war concluded, the repatriation of their remains became the responsibility of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). It was a long and complicated process which brought the remains of these two aviators home for burial. In July 1992, a joint United States/Vietnamese team visited the suspected area of the crash to interview several informants with firsthand knowledge of the crash site. One of the informants turned over remains that were said to have been taken from the crash site. The team also examined some aircraft wreckage in the possession of the villagers. Another joint team re-interviewed one of the informants in August 1993. In January 1994, a third team surveyed the crash site again and recommended it for excavation. Then, in May 1994, excavation team members recovered numerous crew-related items as well as human remains. A fifth team continued the excavation in June and July 1994 and recovered additional remains and crew-related artifacts. The remains were repatriated on August 4, 1994. A sixth team completed the excavation in August 1994, recovering some further artifacts, but no remains.
Anthropological analysis of the remains and other evidence by the United States Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, confirmed the following on May 19, 1999:
1. Some remains were identified as belonging to Captain La Voo;
2. Some remains were identified as belonging to Captain Holt; and
3. Some remains could not be identified as belonging to either man.
On July 19, 1999, an unusual and unique ceremony was held in Arlington National Cemetery. With full military honors, the identifiable remains of the pilot, Captain John A. La Voo were interred. In a separate plot next to Captain La Voo, the unidentifiable remains of both crewmen were interred. Finally, Bob's identifiable remains of were returned to his father, transported to Reading, MA, and formally interred at Forest Glen Cemetery, where his mother, Shirley B. Holt, was buried.
Thanks for maintaining the memorial to my Classmate.
Semper Fi,
Dave
************************************************
.
In Memory of…..ROBERT ALAN HOLT.
*** Robert is buried at Forest Glenn Cem in Reading,MA. He also has a military stone in Arlington Nat Cem.Posted by: Robert Sage, Thursday, August 19, 2004
*** THE REMAINS OF TWO U.S. MARINE AVIATORS WHO WERE UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE VIETNAM WAR HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND WILL BE RETURNED TO THEIR FAMILIES FOR BURIAL IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCED YESDERDAY THE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF CAPT. ROBERT A. HOLT OF READING, MASS AND CAPT. JOHN A. LAVOO OF PUEBLO, COLO. THEY WERE FLYING A COMBAT MISSION OVER QUANG BINH PROVINCE, NORTH VIETNAM, ON SEPT 19 1968, WHEN THEIR F-4B PHANTOM JET CRASHED WITH NO TRACE OF SURVIVORS.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
ROBERT ALAN HOLT - Marine Corps - CAPT - O3
Age: 26
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Jun 13, 1942-Woburn, Mass per DD1300 Military
From: READING, MA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Clifford Winfield Holt (____ - 2004)and Mother, Shirley F. Burbank Holt (1918 - 1972).
CAPT - O3 - Marine Corps - Regular
Length of service 3 years
His tour began on Sep 19, 1968
Casualty was on Sep 19, 1968
In QUANG TRI, NORTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 43W - Line 37
Other Personnel in Incident: John Lavoo, KIA/BNR
REMARKS:
CACCF/CRASH SOUTH VIETNAM/AIRCREW/3 YRS United States
Marine Corps/QUANG TRI
No further information available at this time.
On Sept. 19, 1968, Holt and Lavoo were flying their F-4B Phantom on a combat mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. After they launched their rockets at the target, their aircraft appeared to pitch very slightly without breaking its dive.
It then pulled suddenly to the right 90 degrees, then back 45 degrees. It crashed amid an explosion. No parachutes were observed and no beepers were heard by their wingman.
There was No Trace of Survivors.
**********************************************
Eddie,
I was a USMC Classmate of Captain Holt at OCS and The Basic School. I recently prepared the information below (2013) for a Memorial Service our Class held for the 33 members of the Class who lost their lives in Vietnam.
Captain Robert A. Holt – Bob entered the officer corps through the Officer Candidate Course. He was assigned to the 1st Platoon of Alpha Company at OCS and was commissioned on December 17, 1965. Bob was a single Marine, who completed Basic School with the 2nd Platoon of Delta Company. After, Basic School, Bob went to Naval Air Station, Glynco, GA and successfully completed Naval Flight Officer curriculum. He was then assigned to a US based squadron to get fully qualified as an F-4 Phantom Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) (MOS 7582). Bob's next set of orders sent him to Vietnam. He arrived in-country on May 4, 1968 and was assigned to VMFA-542, flying out of Danang. On September 19, 1967, Bob and his pilot, Captain John A. La Voo were assigned the lead aircraft on Mission 412, a strike against an NVA logistical storage site in North Vietnam approximately 64 kilometers northwest of Dong Ha (XE 807068). Their wing aircraft for the strike was piloted by Captain Sauer with Captain Renninger as RIO. The flight briefed at 14:00 and took off at 15:20 from Danang. Bob's aircraft was armed with 6 Mark-8 (500 pound bombs) and 4 Zuni rockets. During their first run at approximately 15:40, Bob and Captain La Voo dropped their 6 bombs on the target and their wing aircraft did the same. As they returned for a final rocket pass, they were taken under fire by NVA anti-aircraft gunners. They were in a 45 degree dive to deliver their Zuni rockets, when the aircraft received disabling enemy fire. Their wingman saw Bob and Captain La Voo's aircraft roll to the right and then partially recover before impacting the ground. The wing aircraft said there was no evidence of attempted ejection by either crewmember. Bob and his pilot were originally listed as MIA during the period September 19 – 24, 1968, but this was revised to Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered.
After the war concluded, the repatriation of their remains became the responsibility of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). It was a long and complicated process which brought the remains of these two aviators home for burial. In July 1992, a joint United States/Vietnamese team visited the suspected area of the crash to interview several informants with firsthand knowledge of the crash site. One of the informants turned over remains that were said to have been taken from the crash site. The team also examined some aircraft wreckage in the possession of the villagers. Another joint team re-interviewed one of the informants in August 1993. In January 1994, a third team surveyed the crash site again and recommended it for excavation. Then, in May 1994, excavation team members recovered numerous crew-related items as well as human remains. A fifth team continued the excavation in June and July 1994 and recovered additional remains and crew-related artifacts. The remains were repatriated on August 4, 1994. A sixth team completed the excavation in August 1994, recovering some further artifacts, but no remains.
Anthropological analysis of the remains and other evidence by the United States Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, confirmed the following on May 19, 1999:
1. Some remains were identified as belonging to Captain La Voo;
2. Some remains were identified as belonging to Captain Holt; and
3. Some remains could not be identified as belonging to either man.
On July 19, 1999, an unusual and unique ceremony was held in Arlington National Cemetery. With full military honors, the identifiable remains of the pilot, Captain John A. La Voo were interred. In a separate plot next to Captain La Voo, the unidentifiable remains of both crewmen were interred. Finally, Bob's identifiable remains of were returned to his father, transported to Reading, MA, and formally interred at Forest Glen Cemetery, where his mother, Shirley B. Holt, was buried.
Thanks for maintaining the memorial to my Classmate.
Semper Fi,
Dave
************************************************
.
*** Robert is buried at Forest Glenn Cem in Reading,MA. He also has a military stone in Arlington Nat Cem.Posted by: Robert Sage, Thursday, August 19, 2004
*** THE REMAINS OF TWO U.S. MARINE AVIATORS WHO WERE UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE VIETNAM WAR HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND WILL BE RETURNED TO THEIR FAMILIES FOR BURIAL IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCED YESDERDAY THE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF CAPT. ROBERT A. HOLT OF READING, MASS AND CAPT. JOHN A. LAVOO OF PUEBLO, COLO. THEY WERE FLYING A COMBAT MISSION OVER QUANG BINH PROVINCE, NORTH VIETNAM, ON SEPT 19 1968, WHEN THEIR F-4B PHANTOM JET CRASHED WITH NO TRACE OF SURVIVORS.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
ROBERT ALAN HOLT - Marine Corps - CAPT - O3
Age: 26
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Jun 13, 1942-Woburn, Mass per DD1300 Military
From: READING, MA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Clifford Winfield Holt (____ - 2004)and Mother, Shirley F. Burbank Holt (1918 - 1972).
CAPT - O3 - Marine Corps - Regular
Length of service 3 years
His tour began on Sep 19, 1968
Casualty was on Sep 19, 1968
In QUANG TRI, NORTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 43W - Line 37
Other Personnel in Incident: John Lavoo, KIA/BNR
REMARKS:
CACCF/CRASH SOUTH VIETNAM/AIRCREW/3 YRS United States
Marine Corps/QUANG TRI
No further information available at this time.
On Sept. 19, 1968, Holt and Lavoo were flying their F-4B Phantom on a combat mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. After they launched their rockets at the target, their aircraft appeared to pitch very slightly without breaking its dive.
It then pulled suddenly to the right 90 degrees, then back 45 degrees. It crashed amid an explosion. No parachutes were observed and no beepers were heard by their wingman.
There was No Trace of Survivors.
**********************************************
Eddie,
I was a USMC Classmate of Captain Holt at OCS and The Basic School. I recently prepared the information below (2013) for a Memorial Service our Class held for the 33 members of the Class who lost their lives in Vietnam.
Captain Robert A. Holt – Bob entered the officer corps through the Officer Candidate Course. He was assigned to the 1st Platoon of Alpha Company at OCS and was commissioned on December 17, 1965. Bob was a single Marine, who completed Basic School with the 2nd Platoon of Delta Company. After, Basic School, Bob went to Naval Air Station, Glynco, GA and successfully completed Naval Flight Officer curriculum. He was then assigned to a US based squadron to get fully qualified as an F-4 Phantom Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) (MOS 7582). Bob's next set of orders sent him to Vietnam. He arrived in-country on May 4, 1968 and was assigned to VMFA-542, flying out of Danang. On September 19, 1967, Bob and his pilot, Captain John A. La Voo were assigned the lead aircraft on Mission 412, a strike against an NVA logistical storage site in North Vietnam approximately 64 kilometers northwest of Dong Ha (XE 807068). Their wing aircraft for the strike was piloted by Captain Sauer with Captain Renninger as RIO. The flight briefed at 14:00 and took off at 15:20 from Danang. Bob's aircraft was armed with 6 Mark-8 (500 pound bombs) and 4 Zuni rockets. During their first run at approximately 15:40, Bob and Captain La Voo dropped their 6 bombs on the target and their wing aircraft did the same. As they returned for a final rocket pass, they were taken under fire by NVA anti-aircraft gunners. They were in a 45 degree dive to deliver their Zuni rockets, when the aircraft received disabling enemy fire. Their wingman saw Bob and Captain La Voo's aircraft roll to the right and then partially recover before impacting the ground. The wing aircraft said there was no evidence of attempted ejection by either crewmember. Bob and his pilot were originally listed as MIA during the period September 19 – 24, 1968, but this was revised to Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered.
After the war concluded, the repatriation of their remains became the responsibility of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). It was a long and complicated process which brought the remains of these two aviators home for burial. In July 1992, a joint United States/Vietnamese team visited the suspected area of the crash to interview several informants with firsthand knowledge of the crash site. One of the informants turned over remains that were said to have been taken from the crash site. The team also examined some aircraft wreckage in the possession of the villagers. Another joint team re-interviewed one of the informants in August 1993. In January 1994, a third team surveyed the crash site again and recommended it for excavation. Then, in May 1994, excavation team members recovered numerous crew-related items as well as human remains. A fifth team continued the excavation in June and July 1994 and recovered additional remains and crew-related artifacts. The remains were repatriated on August 4, 1994. A sixth team completed the excavation in August 1994, recovering some further artifacts, but no remains.
Anthropological analysis of the remains and other evidence by the United States Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, confirmed the following on May 19, 1999:
1. Some remains were identified as belonging to Captain La Voo;
2. Some remains were identified as belonging to Captain Holt; and
3. Some remains could not be identified as belonging to either man.
On July 19, 1999, an unusual and unique ceremony was held in Arlington National Cemetery. With full military honors, the identifiable remains of the pilot, Captain John A. La Voo were interred. In a separate plot next to Captain La Voo, the unidentifiable remains of both crewmen were interred. Finally, Bob's identifiable remains of were returned to his father, transported to Reading, MA, and formally interred at Forest Glen Cemetery, where his mother, Shirley B. Holt, was buried.
Thanks for maintaining the memorial to my Classmate.
Semper Fi,
Dave
************************************************
.
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