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DAVID JOE BREDENKAMP
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1950 – June 7, 1969
Service recordDavid Joe Bredenkamp, of York, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 96
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 31, 1950
- Home of record
- York, Nebraska (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 96
- LARRY HANSEN BOWENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- DAN BULLOCKPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE BUNNPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- PHILLIP DUANE BURFOOTSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALF EDWARD ERIKSENPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 97
- DENNIS ANTHONY IASELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 101
- THOMAS PAUL LANDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 102
- KENNETH JOSEPH PITRESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 105
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.