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JOSEPH LEDESMA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – May 20, 1967
Service recordJoseph Ledesma JR, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 62
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DANIEL H LAWLERSpecialist Five · May 20, 1967
- VERNON LEROY LEINOPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EARL DUNCAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 57
- RUDOLPH RALPH CORONA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 58
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 59
- RICHARD EARL HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 60
- GARY MARTIN KILLIANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 61
- IVY M MCCARROLL JRSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 65
- JOSH PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 66
- ROLAND EDWARD RUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 67
- CARL DELANE NAGENGASTSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 68
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.