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DAVID MICHAEL KESTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 19, 1950 – April 2, 1970
Service recordDavid Michael Kesterson, of Port Clinton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Port Clinton, Ohio (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 82
- ROBERT PAUL KETTERINGFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
- ORVILLE EUGENE KITCHEN JRSecond Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
- RONALD VICTOR KOLBFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
- HAROLD JOHN MCDONALDSpecialist Four · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LEE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 86
From Port Clinton
- WILLIAM L MATTHEWS JRLance Corporal · April 15, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY CARSTENSFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- CLYDE WILSON ENDERLEMajor · March 19, 1970
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.