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LESSAINT PETER HUDSON
Private · U.S. Army
March 3, 1942 – January 26, 1966
Service recordLessaint Peter Hudson, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 168 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP
- Born
- March 3, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 168 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 97
- GEORGE B FORDPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- WILMER NEWLIN GRUBBLieutenant Colonel · January 26, 1966
- ELVIS GORMEN HICKSSergeant · January 26, 1966
- STEVEN THURLOW JEWELLSpecialist Four · January 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN THURLOW JEWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 97
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.