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ROY LEO LEDE
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 9, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRoy Leo Lede, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 20
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 20
- EDWARD CHESTER KRAWCZYKCaptain · May 5, 1968
- GENE ARTHUR KUNSTPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- WAYNE CARLTON KURLINPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- STEPHEN M LASHINSKY JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.