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SANFORD JAMES LEDBETTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1949 – August 27, 1969
Service recordSanford James Ledbetter, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 125
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, Arkansas (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 125
- RODGER LEE JAMESONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1969
- DUANE GERALD LANDISHospitalman · August 27, 1969
- DALE JAMES LENIOSpecialist Four · August 27, 1969
- PETER HINCHMAN MCMURRAYFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1969
From Fayetteville
- HOWARD HUGH WITHEYCorporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR KEMPFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1967
- HARMON L REMMEL IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
- BOBBY JOE DUNHAMSergeant First Class · January 9, 1969
- VIRGIL KERSH MERONEY IIICaptain · March 1, 1969
- EDWARD BRUCE MELODYWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1970
- MARVIN ROSS KEETERSergeant · December 2, 1971
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.