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LESTER MELVIN CAVALLIN
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 6, 1936 – September 1, 1969
Service recordLester Melvin Cavallin, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 1, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 19
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 6, 1936
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 19
- GEORGE DEWEY BROOKSHIREPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKCorporal · September 1, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS DUNAGANPrivate · September 1, 1969
- BOBBY EDMONSONCorporal · September 1, 1969
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.