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CHRISTOPHER ALLAN LESKY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 17, 1947 – August 22, 1967
Service recordChristopher Allan Lesky, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 30
- CLIFFORD F D KANGASCorporal · August 22, 1967
- JOHN CREIGHTON GILLE KERRMajor · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS MADLANDPrivate First Class · August 22, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN MESSERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 28
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 28
- CHARLES JOHN HOBAN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 29
- GEROLD LEE MOUNCESergeant · Panel 25E, Line 31
- BILLY WAYNE PLATTSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 31
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.