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JAMES THOMAS LESTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1938 – June 23, 1966
Service recordJames Thomas Lester, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 7, 1938
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 81
- BENTFORD BENNETTPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- ANTONIO MORADOPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAIKANE CABRERASpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 79
- JAMES R CUMBERPATCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 79
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 79
- WILLIAM DOWDYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- DELL GENE HAMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- BENTFORD BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 81
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- RAYMOND MONTELL CARLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 82
- GEORGE LINWOO MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 82
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 82
- CHARLES CLINTON WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 83
- LARRY DOUGLAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 83
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.