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EUGENE SESTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 28, 1944 – June 16, 1967
Service recordEugene Sester, of Fall Rock, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Fall Rock, Kentucky (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 115
- HARMON THURSTON RESPASSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- CLARANCE W ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- LYLE ERVIN ROHLFSENPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LE ROY ARENSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 111
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 112
- DAVID PAUL OPLINGERSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 114
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.