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LESTER FREEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 20, 1947 – February 15, 1968
Service recordLester Freeman, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 47
- SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH LIGE FULTONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS GAYNORSergeant Major · February 15, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SPENCER ADAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 42
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 44
- JAMES THOMAS DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 45
- VERNON HARVIC LACKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 46
- STANLEY M JAMROCKPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 48
- DAVID EARL KEISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 49
- EARL MACKSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 51
- CLYDE RICHARD MCAFEEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 51
- MURAL MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 51
- DONALD WILBANKS VAUGHNSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 55
- RICHARD PAUL VELLANCESergeant · Panel 39E, Line 55
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 56
- ROGER GLENN WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 56
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.