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CHARLES RICHARD HESTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1946 – June 30, 1970
Service recordCharles Richard Hester, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 105
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 105
- GORDON CLARK HILLCaptain · June 30, 1970
- PHILLIP METZ HORSTCorporal · June 30, 1970
- STEVE LEE INBODENSpecialist Four · June 30, 1970
- PAUL LAVERNE JENKINSMaster Sergeant · June 30, 1970
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 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.