Robert Eugene Holdeman

Vietnam War
UnitMarine All Weather Fighter Squadron 235
RankMajor U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromWinchester Indiana
Date of DeathNovember 25 1967
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes

Major Holdeman was a member of the Marine All Weather Fighter Squadron 235, Marine Attack Group 11, 1st Marine Air Wing. On November 25, 1967, he was flying a night strike mission in a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) over Haiphong, North Vietnam, when his aircraft was shot down. His remains were recovered on April 11, 1995 and identified on June 16, 1997. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.