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LESTER LEWIS MOORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1944 – April 22, 1968
Service recordLester Lewis Moore, of La Mirada, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1944
- Home of record
- La Mirada, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 31
- GEORGE PAUL KLEINStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1968
- DANIEL MASONSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- BOYD CARL MINKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- SAMUEL MORALESSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ALBERT HEAL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 30
- HENRY PASILLASSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 32
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 33
- WALTER RIDGEWAY WINDER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 34
From La Mirada
- MIGUEL RAMON BURRIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY HAMMARSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- PEDRO ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- JOSEPH CRAIG MARTINPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- ENCARNASION RODRIGUEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- CHARLES RUPERT TRICKERCorporal · February 27, 1971
- RICHARD NORMAN LEESpecialist Four · June 25, 1971
- SCOTT LEE BIRKETAirman First Class · September 30, 1972
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.