Private Holt chosen as Gold Star Honoree during Wichita-Brazos Museum Veterans Day program

  • PVT. JOHN MITCHELL HOLT was selected as this year’s Gold Star Honoree for the Veterans Program hosted by the Wichita–Brazos Museum at the Veteran’s Memorial Building on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. | COURTESY PHOTO
    PVT. JOHN MITCHELL HOLT was selected as this year’s Gold Star Honoree for the Veterans Program hosted by the Wichita–Brazos Museum at the Veteran’s Memorial Building on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. | COURTESY PHOTO

    KODIE FAIRCHILD | NEWS-COURIER

    The Knox County Historical Commission, in conjunction with the Wichita-Brazos Museum in Benjamin, is preparing for the community’s annual Veterans Memorial Program on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building.

    This year’s Gold Star Honoree is Private John Mitchell Holt, from Benjamin. Holt, who was killed in France on Dec. 10, 1944 at the age of 21,…