The Wall › Panel 22W › Minnesota › Daniel Bing Ledin
DANIEL BING LEDIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1948 – June 17, 1969
Service recordDaniel Bing Ledin, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 66
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 66
- RICHARD ALDEN KELLERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- BRUCE KOLTERSecond Lieutenant · June 17, 1969
- LUTHER JAMES LACKLANDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM LOEWSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL ARNOLD MAYSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 67
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.