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LESTER BRIDGES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 23, 1942 – February 18, 1967
Service recordLester Bridges, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 56
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- HERBERT JOHN ARCENEAUX JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BURTONPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- JAMES CLEVELANDSergeant · February 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BILLY GENE CONLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 55
- HERBERT JOHN ARCENEAUX JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 56
- JOHNNY EDWARD BURTONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 56
- JAMES CLEVELANDSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 56
- DELMAR LEE CROCKETT JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 57
- WILLIAM IRVING GOULDPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 57
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 58
- JERRY WAYNE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 58
- HILARIO B LEANIO JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 58
- PABLO PATINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 60
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 60
- CHARLES SHAFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 60
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 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.