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JAMES JOSEPH KESTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1950 – August 11, 1969
Service recordJames Joseph Kester, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 3
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 3
- BERNARD LEE HOLZKNECHTCorporal · August 11, 1969
- RANDALL FRANK KASERPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- RANDOLPH LOUIS LARSONSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD LAWHONPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EUGENE BURCHSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 128
- DAVID MICHAEL FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 1
- EDWARD LEE KANTERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 2
- LARRY LEE SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 4
- STANLEY JOHN SHUMINSKISergeant · Panel 19W, Line 4
- FRANKLIN DEAN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 6
- JOHN CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 6
- DANIEL MORAN ZUNIGAPrivate · Panel 19W, Line 6
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
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.