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Casualty record for Dennis Soderstrom

Home Honolulu, Hawaii

Birth date 1948-12-23

Sex Male Race Caucasian

Married/Single Single

Religion Protestant – No Preference

Citizen yes

Service Navy Rank HN Serial Number B609820

Component Regular Grade E3

MOS HN Length of Service 01

Start of Tour 1968-04-27

Casualty Date 1968-06-04 Casualty Type Hostile, Died

Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire

Air or Ground Ground Casualty

Country South Vietnam Province Quang Nam

Posthumous Promotion No change

Body Recovered Body recovered

Location on The Wall Panel 60W – Row 012

Enterprise 13 June 1968

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Mike Soderstrom Is Killed In Action In Vietnam

Word was received in Blair Saturday evening that Michael Soderstrom, 19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Soderstrom of Honolulu, Hawaii was killed in action on June 4th in Vietnam.

Mike and his parents lived in Blair for several years and he graduated from Blair High School before returning to Hawaii, which was their home before coming to Blair.

Mr. Soderstrom came to the States for his mother in Wisconsin and she accompanied him to Hawaii to attend the funeral.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~