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LOUR LEDESMA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1948 – April 23, 1968
Service recordLour Ledesma, of Visalia, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 39
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Visalia, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 39
- HARLEY FRANKLIN GRIGGSStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- LEWIS ANDREW HARMONPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- DONALD GENE JACKSONLance Corporal · April 23, 1968
- TORO SAUL LOPEZ-DELSergeant First Class · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HARRY CHILCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 37
- CHARLES STANLEY COXPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 37
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 38
- ANDREW LEROY MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 40
- RONALD OGLESBYSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 41
- JAMES EDWARD RAINBOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 42
From Visalia
- DANNY DAVID DYESpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- ALONZO DALE WOODSSergeant · May 2, 1967
- REYNALDO B FLOREZPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- ROGER GORDON LEADBETTERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS KELLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- MICHAEL MALLORY MONTGOMERYCorporal · May 5, 1968
- PHILLIP SHERMAN MOHNIKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1969
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · May 1, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT WARFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1970
- FLOYD DANIEL WIMERSergeant · January 27, 1970
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.