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LESTER JAMES VEAZEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1948 – January 20, 1968
Service recordLester James Veazey, of Enid, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1968, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Enid, Oklahoma
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Added to the Wall
- 2013
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 2
- JAMES FRANK WRIGHTPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ACOSTAPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- GLEN ROBERT BARNHILLSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- PAUL ROBERT BELLAMYLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
From Enid
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- GERALD RAY BURNSLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · February 24, 1967
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE SHIELDSLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT BENJAMIN HUDSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KUMMELLSergeant · November 7, 1968
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2013, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.