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RUSSELL OLE LEDEGAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – March 16, 1967
Service recordRussell Ole Ledegar, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 1 BN 30 ARTY
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 93
- WILLIAM CHARLES LAMON JRLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- SYLVESTER LANDSergeant · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY LISZCZSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · May 11, 1968
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.