More detail on this person: A loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away on May 13th, 2019, with his family by his side. Bill was born to William and Vera Holt in Hollywood, California on October 14th, 1943. Bill was raised in Lompoc, California with his siblings Kathie and Betty. Bill had three passions in his life: his family, the United States Special Forces, and VFW Post 769, Quartzsite, AZ. He married the love of this life Gayle (Herrick) Holt on December 30th, 1965. They enjoyed 53 years of marriage and had two sons: William G. Holt, Jr. and Charles L. Holt. Bill was a veteran of Vietnam from August 26, 1968 until September 18th, 1969 where he was a Gun-Ship pilot (Wolf Pack 36) with the 281st attached to the 5th Special forces. He served in the U.S Army from 1964 to 1972. Bill accomplished a lot in those years. At the time od his death Bill was serving his second term as Commander of VFW Post 769. As post commander, Bill gave numerous speeches/presentations. He ended each with the following quotation by Susan Stephens, National League of POW/MIA families: Dying for freedom isn't the worse that can happen, Being forgotten is! Bill, rest in peace in Valhalla in the knowledge that you are loved and WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN!
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