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ROGER DALE LEDBETTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1947 – January 7, 1968
Service recordRoger Dale Ledbetter, of Brownstown, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · 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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Brownstown, Illinois (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 70
- TERENCE PATRICK JORDANLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPHLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- ROBERT CURT KEARNEYSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- RICHARD CARLYSLE KEEFEMaster Sergeant · January 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LLOYD CLEEMSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 65
- RENE GUERRA-HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 67
- JAMES J MORASpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 73
- PHILIP EDWARD RUMINSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 74
- WILLIAM GEORGE SCHRAMMSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 75
- ANDREW JESENEK TELLISCaptain · Panel 33E, Line 76
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 77
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.