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JESSE LYNN KESTLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 28, 1950 – November 12, 1970
Service recordJesse Lynn Kestler, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 54
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1970; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 54
- GARLAND PARIS FELTONSergeant First Class · November 12, 1970
- DAVID LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1970
- DAVID BAKER HOCKENSMITHPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- JOE BILLY MCNETTSpecialist Four · November 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSE GILBERT BARRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 52
- JOHN DANIEL BARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- DONALD WARREN CHIPP JRSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 53
- ROGER DALE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- TITUS LEE EPPSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- GARLAND PARIS FELTONSergeant First Class · Panel 6W, Line 54
- DAVID LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 54
- JOE BILLY MCNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 54
- WILLIAM CLEMON REEDCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 55
- CRAIG THOMAS RESKAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 55
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.