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LESTER AL STEPHENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1943 – January 12, 1969
Service recordLester Al Stephens, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 79
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 93 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 79
- JOHN BERKLEY ROLLESergeant · January 12, 1969
- JAMES THEODORE RUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- EDWIN FRANKLIN TUBBSPrivate · January 12, 1969
- GABRIEL ZOLDIPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.