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LESTER LEON RIDINGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1941 – December 19, 1967
Service recordLester Leon Ridings, of Shelbyville, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Missouri (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 27
- JOHN FRANKLIN RIEGELPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- JUNIOR LEE SCHRINERStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- WINFIELD AUGUST SPOEHR JRCorporal · December 19, 1967
- BRUCE WAYNE STLOUISPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
From Shelbyville
- CAROLD REX WAITESecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND SMITHSergeant · March 24, 1970
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.