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LESTER HOWARD CLEGG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1940 – February 28, 1966
Service recordLester Howard Clegg, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 85
- WARREN LEE CHRISTENSENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- PETER WHITMAN FIELDSAirman First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM FUCHS JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARSHALL JESSIEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 86
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 87
- BRENT A MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 88
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 89
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 90
- CLIFTON LEE TARTPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 91
- CARTER LEE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 92
- CHARLIE M YOUNGSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 92
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.