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BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMAN
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
July 10, 1947 – December 28, 1966
Service recordBruce Edward Holderman, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 28, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 91
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 91
- GUY LEE GORDONPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- DENNIS JOSEPH HAMETPrivate · December 28, 1966
- DANIEL A HENNESSYFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS DUANE HOUGCorporal · December 28, 1966
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
- JERRY BRUCE MENANECorporal · September 12, 1967
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.