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LESTER KEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1945 – November 25, 1965
Service recordLester Key, of Opa-Locka, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 114
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Opa-Locka, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 114
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · November 26, 1965
From Opa-Locka
- CHARLES J HOFFMANN IIISpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MATTHEW OWEN MCKNIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1967
- IAN WILLIAM ADAMITZSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- WILLIAM MARK ANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- RONALD JAMES RHODESSergeant · March 4, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE PALMERSergeant · March 5, 1969
- JAMES LARRY WALDENCorporal · February 6, 1970
- WILLIAM CLYDE HAGERICHPetty Officer First Class · February 20, 1970
- GREGORY ALLAN TYNESSpecialist Five · April 15, 1971
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.