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LESTER ERBY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1947 – May 26, 1968
Service recordLester Erby, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Clarksdale, Mississippi (Coahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 5
- JESSIE JAMES DANNERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- JACK DEMPSEY DEESEStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE DURBINPetty Officer Second Class · May 26, 1968
- NATHANIEL HALIBURTON JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
From Clarksdale
- HENRY CLAY CAUTHEN SRChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1967
- LUZON BEASLEYCorporal · March 30, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- VAN SYLVESTER TURNER JRCorporal · January 19, 1970
- CHARLES EARL MELTONPrivate · February 15, 1970
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1970
- HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JRCorporal · August 4, 1970
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.