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LESTER EUGENE OONK
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 5, 1922 – August 13, 1970
Service recordLester Eugene Oonk, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 13, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 108
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 5, 1922
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1970
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 108
- GEORGE D HENRY JRCaptain · August 13, 1970
- NICHOLAS G JOHNSON SRStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1970
- EDWARD CHARLES JOHNSTONWarrant Officer 1 · August 13, 1970
- JOHN PARKER POWELLCaptain · August 13, 1970
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.