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DAVID LEE HOLDREDGE
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 1, 1944 – January 16, 1969
Service recordDavid Lee Holdredge, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 15
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Signalman (SM)
- Born
- February 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 15
- FREDRICK LEE HOLDERSpecialist Five · January 16, 1969
- ALEC HENRY HORNPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS LAPANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 16, 1969
- GIUSEPPE MAGRIFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1969
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.