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JAY WESLY LADNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1949 – March 7, 1970
Service recordJay Wesly Ladner, of Jupiter, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 7, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 93
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Jupiter, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 93
- STEPHEN LESLIE LANEWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1970
- MAX LIEBERMANCorporal · March 7, 1970
- GLENN ALAN LOVETTSergeant · March 7, 1970
- CHARLES D MCCARLEY JRSergeant · March 7, 1970
From Jupiter
- GENRETT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- HUGH ROBERT FLEMISTERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- CHARLES WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BENAKFireman · December 11, 1969
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.