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BERNARD LEE HOLZKNECHT
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 29, 1947 – August 11, 1969
Service recordBernard Lee Holzknecht, of Plainfield, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Plainfield, Indiana (Hendricks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 3
- RANDALL FRANK KASERPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH KESTERPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- RANDOLPH LOUIS LARSONSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD LAWHONPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAURENCIO VIGILPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 5
From Plainfield
- RUSSELL EARL GILBRECHLance Corporal · January 6, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.