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JEFFERY LEE LEDFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1945 – August 1, 1966
Service recordJeffery Lee Ledford, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 94
- RICHARD GRANVILLE KITNERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES KWORTNIKLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- BYRON DAVIS ORRSergeant · August 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 92
- WENDELL EUGENE CHURCHILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 92
- ALLAN LAMAR COXWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 93
- GEORGE DEVER CURRYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 93
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 93
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.