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LESLIE PAUL DEDMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1945 – November 12, 1966
Service recordLeslie Paul Dedman, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 60
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 60
- ROGER JERREL BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- HEROLD TROY DEARDORFFFireman · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DALE DEFILIPPISLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE DUNIGANLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES T ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 58
- KENNETH HORACE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 59
- RONALD EDWARD BOCOOKPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 59
- THOMAS GEORGE FITZGIBBONSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 61
- GEORGE ALLEN FOGARTYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 61
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 61
- LLOYD J SADOWSKYStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 64
- CECIL WALKERCorporal · Panel 12E, Line 65
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.