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LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JR
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
December 31, 1945 – September 2, 1965
Service recordLester Oscar Biehl JR, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 2, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 72
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
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Constructionman (CN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 3 3 NC BDE
- Born
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 72
- JERRY LEE ROBERTSCorporal · September 1, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- DOUGLAS LEE FOLEYSecond Lieutenant · September 2, 1965
From Sheboygan
- DAVID JOHN WICK WIDDERCaptain · March 24, 1965
- TERRENCE JAY FREUNDPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1966
- DUANE ARLEN VOGELCorporal · December 23, 1966
- ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCHSergeant · August 5, 1967
- EUGENE JOHN PLIERSergeant First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS GALLAGHERChief Petty Officer · February 6, 1968
- JEROME E GRUNEWALDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · March 26, 1969
- ROMAN HENRY LEICHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
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.