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MICHAEL ALAN LEDERLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1947 – January 24, 1969
Service recordMichael Alan Lederle, of Mexico, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 70
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Mexico, Missouri (Audrain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 70
- OSCAR CORDOVASpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS GRAVLEYStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1969
- SCOTT CRAIG GRISWOLDWarrant Officer 1 · January 24, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT JORDANSergeant · January 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS MICHAEL CADYSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 69
- JAY BARRY LEVINSONCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 71
- RAYMOND WALTER SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 72
From Mexico
- JAMES WARREN CAHALLSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- JERRY LEE GRAVESCorporal · July 28, 1968
- CLAIR LLOYD WESTLAKE JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- ALFRED HENRY SUHRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 26, 1969
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.