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LESTER MCCABE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1928 – October 8, 1969
Service recordLester McCabe, of Ft Laramie, Wyoming, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 51
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 31, 1928
- Home of record
- Ft Laramie, Wyoming (Goshen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 51
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKICaptain · October 8, 1969
- FARRIS ELDON MAYPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
- ALEX ROY MOSHERSpecialist Four · October 8, 1969
- LARRY RAY OWENSPetty Officer Second Class · October 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS GONZALEZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 50
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.