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ALBERT ALLEN LADD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1949 – April 17, 1969
Service recordAlbert Allen Ladd, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 101
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 101
- MICHAEL P RIBICHSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- KEITH KESKISpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOHN LAUZONPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- ANTHONY LAVITE IIICaptain · April 17, 1969
- TRAVIS BERTRAND LEE JRFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY CALVIN HEATONCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 100
- FRED KARAMANPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 100
- LESLIE ALLEN POWELLCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 102
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.