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KESTER ULREY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1935 – February 4, 1968
Service recordKester Ulrey, of Salem, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 11, 1935
- Home of record
- Salem, Virginia (Salem (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 28
- MICHAEL D HOLLINGSWORTHLieutenant (junior grade) · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT LEE STANEKCorporal · February 4, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE TOSTENSONLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
- JUAN FRANCISCO VAZQUEZSergeant First Class · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN FRANCISCO VAZQUEZSergeant First Class · Panel 37E, Line 28
From Salem
- WILLIAM WINTON WEBBSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1966
- ROGER DALE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- FRANCIS SHERMAN OBERSONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- DONNIE JAY BRAGGSergeant · December 15, 1969
- ROBERT MASON JOURNELL IIISpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
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.