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ALVIE JUNIOR LEDFORD JR
Captain · U.S. Army
August 7, 1945 – April 13, 1969
Service recordAlvie Junior Ledford JR, of Afton, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Afton, Oklahoma (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 75
- JAMES OLIVER LYNCHCaptain · April 13, 1969
- JOSEPH DEAN MACYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- LARRY CHARLES MARTINSergeant · April 13, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY MARTZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH DAVID MCMURTRYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 76
- JOSEPH DUDLEY MELONSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 76
- WILLIAM C PIERSON IIIChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 27W, Line 77
- JOHN HALE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 78
- NELSON OMAR VANHOUTENPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 78
- LOUIS JOSEPH WEHRHEIMSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 79
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.