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JOHN ARTHUR HOLDERBAUM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 21, 1948 – August 9, 1968
Service recordJohn Arthur Holderbaum, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 38
- DANIEL LEE AULTCorporal · August 10, 1968
- MICHAEL CARL BRUNNERPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- ROBERT LEON CARMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1968
- WILLIAM VICTOR CLARKESpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT OSCAR BUMILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 35
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.