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LARRY DOUGLAS LEDBETTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1947 – September 11, 1969
Service recordLarry Douglas Ledbetter, of Bellflower, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 69
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Bellflower, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 69
- JOSEPH LOUIS GOLC JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- NEIL NORMAN GREINKEFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- ROGER DANNY HELWIGCaptain · September 11, 1969
- DANNY RAY METZSecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
From Bellflower
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- FRED THOMAS EARLESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODENPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- BERRY JOE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- DAVID JOE BERRYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT CLARENCE EWALDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · December 13, 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.