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MELVIN LEDERMAN
Commander · U.S. Navy
May 26, 1928 – November 29, 1969
Service recordMelvin Lederman, of New York, New York, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 5
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Medical Corps (2105)
- Born
- May 26, 1928
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 5
- JACK DALE KNEPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 29, 1969
- KENNETH BRUCE KOHEI KOZAIFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN LEFFLERCorporal · November 29, 1969
- CLARENCE LOGWOODSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.