Holt Louis Pounds

Monuments

Waal River Crossing Memorial - 82nd Airborne Division

Name:

Louis Pounds Holt

Rank:

Private

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Unit:

504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Date of Death:

1944-09-20

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Old Salem Cemetery, New Boston, Bowie County, Texas

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Louis Pounds Holt was born on January 16, 1922, in Bowie County, Texas. He was the son of William Martin Holt and Elizabeth Steward Holt.

Louis served in Company H, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a Pvt during World War II. He was Killed in action on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. Pvt Holt is now buried in the Old Salem Cemetery, New Boston, Bowie County, Texas, USA.