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EDWARD LESTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1947 – July 9, 1968
Service recordEdward Lester, of Chapmanville, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Chapmanville, West Virginia (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 6
- CHARLES F HARGER JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- HUGH LEE HARRINGTONSergeant · July 9, 1968
- MILTON JAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- ANTHONY IRVIN LEECorporal · July 9, 1968
From Chapmanville
- JOE D STOWERSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- ROBERT CLAYTON STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD EPLINStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- GLENN ROGER WORKMANPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
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.