[1][2][3][4] Cederholm was born at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and raised in New Hartford, Connecticut, graduating from Northwestern Regional High School in 1984.

Cederholm received his bachelor's degree in international politics from Wesleyan University.

Cederholm played baseball and basketball in high school, attended Wesleyan on a baseball scholarship and then coached basketball at Terryville High School.

After receiving his Marine Corps commission as a second lieutenant in April 1989, he attended naval flight training in Pensacola, Florida, Beeville, Texas and El Toro, California.

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