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LEO CLAUDE HESTER JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 21, 1949 – November 2, 1969
Service recordLeo Claude Hester JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 19
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 19
- PATRICK HENRY CARROLLCaptain · November 2, 1969
- MOISES ROMERO HERRERA JRSergeant · November 2, 1969
- HULUS EDGAR KEY JRSergeant · November 2, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL LIVINGSTONEPrivate First Class · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FRANCIS ABBOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 16
- MICHAEL LEROY HARRISCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 18
- JAMES FREDERICK SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 20
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.