Rank: Private First Class
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 21-Apr-1951
Hometown: Las Lomas, Puerto Rico
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 28-Apr-1969
Start of tour: 28-Jan-1970
Incident date: 6-May-1970
Date of casualty: 6-May-1970
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Other Accident. Accident self-destruciton.
Augusto C. Padua-Ledesma was killed while at a night defensive position he and another individual were pulling a weapon back and forth when a round accidentally discharged. / At night defensive position (NDP). Two individuals were pulling M-16 back and forth, round discharged accidentally.
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 437 767 FSB BURKETT
Place of interment: Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, USA
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