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LESTER ALAN HANSEN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 1, 1942 – August 13, 1969
Service recordLester Alan Hansen, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on August 13, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 32
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 170 AV CO 17 AVGP 1 AV BDE
- Born
- July 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 13, 1969
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 32
- GARY EDWARD MARXMILLERStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- CHARLES CROCKETT MATTHEWSSergeant · August 13, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES MENDENHALLCorporal · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD MILLANLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.