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WILLIAM LUEDKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1948 – October 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Luedke, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 49
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
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 49
- CLINTON MONROE GAULT JRStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1968
- GERALD MARTINPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
- LUTHER ONEIL MCCORMICKStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1968
- CHARLES STANLEY PETTERSONPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.