Rank: Private First Class
Unit: Howitzer Battery, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 13A – Field Artillery Basic
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 31-Aug-1950
Hometown: York, Nebraska
Marital status: Married to Barbara L. Bredenkamp
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 3-Apr-1969
Incident date: 7-Jun-1969
Date of casualty: 7-Jun-1969
Age at death: 18
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
David Joe Bredenkamp was killed while gunner on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a mine detonated. / Gunner on 155mm Howitzer SP on combat operation. Howitzer detonated hostile mine.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC David Joe Bredenkamp
SP4 Dennis Anthony Iasello
SP4 Thomas Paul Landman
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 698 838
Place of interment: Greenwood Cemetery, York, Nebraska, USA
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