Born 21 December 1918
Died non Battle 3 August 1945
Squadron C-3, 2140th AAFBU, SAA Field, Smyrna, Tennessee
T/Sgt Ladd enlisted on 17 October 1940 at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georga. He had returned home after serving three years in the Southwest Pacific as a ground crew chief with the Army Air Forces. He died at Rural near Smyrna, Rutherford, Tennessee of a fracture of the skull caused by a motorcycle accident.