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GILBERT LEDGER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 2, 1950 – July 5, 1971
Service recordGilbert Ledger, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 5, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 100
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 100
- RICHARD MICHAEL PURCELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1971
- NAPOLEON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1971
- PAUL LOPEZSpecialist Four · July 5, 1971
- ISRAEL MEDINASergeant · July 5, 1971
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.