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  • Bruno Hochmuth
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  • Bruno Arthur Hochmuth (May 10, 1911 - November 14, 1967) was a Major General in the United States Marine Corps who was killed during the Vietnam War. He would be the first and only Marine division commander to be killed in any war. He was also the first American general to be killed in Vietnam, although Air Force Major General William Crumm had been killed in a B-52 collision over the South China Sea. He was killed when a UH-1E Huey from VMO-3 exploded and crashed 5 miles northwest of Huế. Four others also died in this crash.
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Number
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
serviceyears
  • 1935
Birth Date
  • 1911-05-10
Commands
Branch
  • 25
death place
  • Huế, Vietnam
Name
  • Bruno Arthur Hochmuth
Type
  • award-star
  • service-star
Width
  • 106
Ribbon
  • National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg
  • Purple Heart BAR.svg
  • Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon.png
  • Vietnam Service Ribbon.svg
  • American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg
  • Army of Occupation ribbon.svg
  • Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon.svg
  • China Service Medal ribbon.svg
  • Legion of Merit ribbon.svg
  • US Navy Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon.png
  • World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg
  • American Defense Service ribbon.svg
  • Navy and Marine Corps Commendation ribbon.svg
  • Navy Distinguished Service ribbon.svg
  • Vietnam gallantry cross-w-palm-3d.svg
  • Ribbon bar Officer National Order of Vietnam.gif
placeofburial label
  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Houston, Texas
Awards
death date
  • 1967-11-16
Rank
  • 30
Allegiance
  • United States of America
Battles
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  • v
placeofburial
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  • Bruno Arthur Hochmuth (May 10, 1911 - November 14, 1967) was a Major General in the United States Marine Corps who was killed during the Vietnam War. He would be the first and only Marine division commander to be killed in any war. He was also the first American general to be killed in Vietnam, although Air Force Major General William Crumm had been killed in a B-52 collision over the South China Sea. He was killed when a UH-1E Huey from VMO-3 exploded and crashed 5 miles northwest of Huế. Four others also died in this crash.