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TERRANCE EDWARD LEDDEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 17, 1949 – September 5, 1969
Service recordTerrance Edward Ledden, of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 40
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 40
- GEORGE W JINKINS IIIPetty Officer Third Class · September 5, 1969
- JOHN KUULEI KAUHAIHAOFirst Lieutenant · September 5, 1969
- DOUGLAS SCOTT KEMPFSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM LAHNACorporal · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER LEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 39
- FRED ORR JACKSON JRCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 39
From Fond Du Lac
- CARL WAYNE GRIMESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1964
- GERALD CARL CAPELLECaptain · April 1, 1965
- CLYDE DUANE DAWSONMajor · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES HERMAN HILLCorporal · June 22, 1966
- RODNEY HOWARD RICKLISeaman · February 15, 1967
- ROY ANTHONY SCHAEFER JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- PHILIP JOHN KIMPELPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- BLAKE HENRY HALFMANLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 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.