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JOHN ANDREW LESTELLE II
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 11, 1950 – March 17, 1969
Service recordJohn Andrew Lestelle II, of Reseda, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · 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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Reseda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 62
- DAVID THOMAS DINAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1969
- RAIMUNDO MARQUEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- EARL THOMAS QUILLENPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JOHN LEONARD RUETHSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
From Reseda
- ARTHUR LOREN HAWKINS JRCorporal · November 10, 1967
- PATRICK LOUIS BRUCKNERLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL TOWNSEND JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GEROMESergeant · May 7, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD BINNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- JOE RAY COURTNEY JRCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DAVID COURTNEY DAHLINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- THOMAS LEE CARTERCaptain · November 10, 1968
- STEPHEN SCOTT NIEDERHAUSESpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HARRISONCorporal · March 9, 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.