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LAWRENCE JOSEPH LEDONNE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 21, 1947 – March 18, 1968
Service recordLawrence Joseph Ledonne, of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Ridgefield Park, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 27
- DOUGLAS BLANCHARD PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · March 18, 1968
- ELLIOTT LEE PETERSCorporal · March 18, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID PRICEPrivate · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS RANDELL RAMEYPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS RANDELL RAMEYPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 27
From Ridgefield Park
- RICHARD LEONARD BOLTZPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- MICHAEL ROMANO JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- ROBERT ALVANDR CUCCINELLIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- JAMES DONALD DORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES HOFFMANNSergeant · June 3, 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.