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HENRY ALVERSON LEDFORD
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1945 – July 5, 1968
Service recordHenry Alverson Ledford, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- October 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 22
- RUFUS MICHAEL MARTINSergeant · July 5, 1968
- GLENN RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- WILLIE ROY MOBLEYSpecialist Four · July 5, 1968
- JOHN BUTLER MURRAYCorporal · July 5, 1968
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.