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JAMES MICHAEL LUDWIG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 18, 1948 – December 16, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Ludwig, of Burlington, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 30
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Burlington, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 30
- GARY WAYNE GROSSSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- CHARLES LEROY KNEECEPetty Officer Third Class · December 16, 1968
- ZYGMUNT KOWALEWSKISergeant First Class · December 16, 1968
- WARDELL PERKINSSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
From Burlington
- RICHARD K HARPERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 19, 1965
- HARRY WILLIAM WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- WILLIAM H CAMPBELL IIISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · September 18, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD MCGINNESSCorporal · October 19, 1968
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.