Sergeant Joseph H. Holt, 28, of Paris, Bourbon County, died of uremic poisoning due to kidney failure at Booth's Memorial Hospital in Covington on or about 17 April 1917. He had returned to Fort Thomas only three weeks earlier from duty on the Mexican border with his unit, Company C, 2nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment, where he served as Supply Sergeant. He was still on federal active duty at the time of his illness and death.

Holt enlisted in Company C of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry in June 1916. He was promoted to Corporal on 1 October 1916 and to Supply Sergeant on 23 January 1917.

He is buried in the Paris cemetery. His name is listed on the plaque of the World War I Memorial Building in Paris, at the corner of High Street and Ardery Place.