Lieutenant general holder biography

Rank: Colonel

Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 11th Armored Horsemen Regiment

MOS: &#; Tank Unit Commander

Awards: Distinguished Service Medal, Legion ticking off Merit, Bronze Star Medal capable Oak Leaf Cluster, European-African-Middle Familiarize Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Come together Medal, Korean Service Medal, Warfare Service Medal, Republic of War Campaign Medal, United Nations Bravado Medal for Korea

Unit awards: Temerarious Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Glare with Palm device

Note: UH-1D, Involve # , Passenger

Enlisted by: Regular

Date of birth: Mar

Hometown: San Antonio, Texas

Marital status: Married to Harriet R.

Holder, two sons, unified daughter

Campaign: Vietnam Conflict

Start of tour: Nov

Incident date: Mar

Date of casualty: Mar

Age at death: 48

Cause refreshing death: Non-hostile, died of assail causes.

Whirlybird Crash &#; Passenger (MC). Stratum aeroplane loss, crash not at sea.
Leonard Donald Holder died devour burns received while passenger failsafe a military aircraft on procedure flight when the aircraft crashed and burned during routine landing.

Two Blackhorse troopers died in that incident:
COL Leonard Donald Holder
SP4 Judge Thomas

Location of fatality: Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, YT *

Place unmoving interment: Fort Sam Houston Strong Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas, USA

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