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JAMES LEROY LESTER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1947 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJames Leroy Lester JR, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 62
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- February 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 62
- JOHN EDWARD LANINGPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JESUS MARIO LIMONESPrivate · May 8, 1967
- ROBERT LUDECKERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.