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DONALD VOL HESTER JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
August 28, 1937 – September 6, 1964
Service recordDonald Vol Hester JR, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 6, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 28, 1937
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1964
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1964. In September 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 7
- MARVIN GLEN SHIELDSPetty Officer Third Class · June 10, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- PAUL GLEN DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- ALVIN JAMES DIMONDCaptain · June 11, 1965
- MERLE EDWARD ESTESStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
From Pensacola
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
- RUSSELL JAMES PEEKPrivate First Class · July 2, 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.