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LESTER LOIS CROOKS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 19, 1926 – February 8, 1966
Service recordLester Lois Crooks, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 17
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 Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- September 19, 1926
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 17
- DENNIS ROBERT MARTINLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JERRY MAURICE CAINPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- LESLIE CRAIG COUCHPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- WILLIAM LINCOLN HINES JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM OWENSPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.