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GUY WILSON HESTER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1945 – October 8, 1970
Service recordGuy Wilson Hester JR, of Winona, Mississippi, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Winona, Mississippi (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 119
- CLEMMIE BROWN JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1970
- DOUGLAS EVERETT BYRDSpecialist Four · October 8, 1970
- WILLIS COBBSergeant First Class · October 8, 1970
- WILLIAM AUGUST OTTColonel · October 8, 1970
From Winona
- CARTER LEE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- HUBERT CROOMPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- HYLAN LYNN CROWDERLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE FORRESTLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- CHESTER THEO HOWARD JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 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.