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LEONARD DONALD HOLDER
Colonel · U.S. Army
March 19, 1920 – March 21, 1968
Service recordLeonard Donald Holder, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 19, 1920
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1968
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 47
- JAMES LYNN HENKPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- GILBERT HERNANDEZ-CARRIONSergeant · March 21, 1968
- PETER DEAN HESFORDMajor · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGEESergeant · March 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 52
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.