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LEONARD R LUDWIG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – August 12, 1967
Service recordLeonard R Ludwig, of Oxnard, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Oxnard, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 104
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LISTORTILance Corporal · August 12, 1967
- DAVID LEE MCMATHLance Corporal · August 12, 1967
- TERRANCE LEO MEIERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1967
- VERNON JOSEPH THORSTEINSONCorporal · August 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE CALDERON ALVAREZSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 102
- EDWARD D RANDAZZOPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 105
From Oxnard
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- STEVE WILSON PAGEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 1967
- RUSSELL MOLDENHAUERWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1967
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.