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AUGUSTO C PADUA-LEDESMA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1951 – May 6, 1970
Service recordAugusto C Padua-Ledesma, of Las Lomas, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 114
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Las Lomas, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 114
- ALBERT LEWIS HARRISONStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- JESSE GOMEZ JUAREZSergeant · May 6, 1970
- ALLEN GENE KINNEStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- ROBERT LEE KIRKWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DIONISIO G CARRIZALESSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 109
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.