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JIMMY CARROLL HESTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1946 – December 24, 1968
Service recordJimmy Carroll Hester, of Lexington, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 72
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
- Born
- February 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Lexington, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 36W, Line 72
- EVERETT FREDERICK COXSpecialist Five · December 24, 1968
- KENNETH ROY DEVORESpecialist Four · December 24, 1968
- BOBBY BRANCE EDWARDSMajor · December 24, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HODSON JRSergeant First Class · December 24, 1968
From Lexington
- HAROLD DANIEL MCCARNCaptain · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD ROOSEVELT BANKSStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MELTON JRSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- JACOB H CUNNINGHAM IIISpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- WILLIAM FORDSergeant First Class · October 23, 1967
- SAMUEL F HOLLIFIELD JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- RONALD FRED LEONARDSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
- ANDREW JACKSON NEWCOMBECorporal · February 14, 1971
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.