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THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTER
Captain · U.S. Army
May 26, 1936 – June 19, 1964
Service recordThomas Isaac Ledbetter, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on June 19, 1964, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 54
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 26, 1936
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 19, 1964
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1964; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1964, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 54
- ROBERT LEE GREERStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1964
- FRED THOMAS SCHRECKENGOSTStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1964
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
Same unit, same day
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · Panel 1E, Line 54
- JAMES LANE TALLEYSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 15
From Tampa
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · May 17, 1966
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.