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LEO JOHN LUDVIGSEN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1949 – May 2, 1970
Service recordLeo John Ludvigsen JR, of Sheldon, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Sheldon, Wisconsin (Rusk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 86
- GRADY RUDOLPH LESTER JRStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
- LANE FATUTOA LEVICorporal · May 2, 1970
- ROBERT RAY NEELSergeant · May 2, 1970
- DONALD LEE PARKERWarrant Officer 1 · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD GLEN CRAFTSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 83
- LARRY HERRERASergeant · Panel 11W, Line 85
- DANIEL COPE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 85
- DONALD LEE VOORHEESSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 89
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.