Bruno Hochmuth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Commanding General of the 3rd Marine Division
Date of Birth: 10-May-1911
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 14-Nov-1967
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Bruno Hochmuth
- Bruno Arthur Hochmuth (May 10, 1911 – November 14, 1967) was a United States Marine Corps major general who was killed in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
- He was the first and only Marine Corps division commander to be killed in any war.
- He was also the first American general officer to be killed in Vietnam, although U.S.
- Air Force Major General William Crumm had been killed on July 24, 1967, in a B-52 bomber collision over the South China Sea.
- Hochmuth, four other Marines, and a South Vietnamese Army aide were killed when a UH-1E Huey helicopter they were riding in from VMO-3 exploded and crashed five miles northwest of Hu?.
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