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LESTER JAMES MOE
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
August 16, 1944 – March 29, 1971
Service recordLester James Moe, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 29, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 92
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Torpedoman's Mate (TM)
- Born
- August 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 92
- ROBERT MARSHALL GRIBBLEFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1971
- TERREL OLIN KIMBERStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1971
- ROGER ALLEN PEDERSONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1971
- BARRY ARTHUR RHASHWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1971
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 1968
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.