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DONALD RALPH LEDLIE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – April 30, 1970
Service recordDonald Ralph Ledlie, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 75
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; seven of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 75
- DONALD RAY MARLOWSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE MASSETHSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
- WILLIAM ALFRED MEISTERSergeant · April 30, 1970
- LUIS ADRIAN SANTELLANOSergeant · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY KURT KAISERStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 74
- LUIS ADRIAN SANTELLANOSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 75
- CHARLES LEE SMALLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 77
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.