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JIMMY DON LESTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – April 15, 1969
Service recordJimmy Don Lester, of Eldon, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 92
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Eldon, Missouri (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 92
- JERONE JAMES WARNICKWarrant Officer 1 · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN YOUNG JRCaptain · April 15, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD BANISTERLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- HARRY DAVID BEECH JRLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK V SUCHOMELSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 91
- JAMES WADE TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 91
From Eldon
- JAMES LEWIS WOODSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- RICHARD REX CLAXTONPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
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.