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LEONARD LEE KASTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
September 24, 1938 – August 6, 1964
Service recordLeonard Lee Kaster, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 6, 1964, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 405 FTR WG
- Born
- September 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Holyoke, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1964
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1964; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “405 FTR WG”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 61
- HAROLD LOYD MCNEILFirst Lieutenant · August 12, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- WILLIAM MEARL DEANSergeant First Class · August 14, 1964
- WILFRID NARCISS BOURGEOISStaff Sergeant · August 17, 1964
Same unit, same day
- FRED CLAY CUTRER JRCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 60
From Holyoke
- STANLEY P KIERZEKSpecialist Five · July 20, 1965
- ROBERT GEORGE BOUSQUETCorporal · August 18, 1965
- NEAL OLIN RICHEYStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1965
- DAVID LEE OWENSLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- THOMAS MARTIN SEKLECKISpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND BROWNPetty Officer Second Class · August 5, 1967
- GEORGE DONALD LACUS JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- DONALD ARTHUR LABONTEHospitalman · February 28, 1968
- VINCENT OWEN MCCANN JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
- CLAYTON KENNETH HOUGH JRLance Corporal · February 22, 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.