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LESTER PAUL SABA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1951 – March 11, 1970
Service recordLester Paul Saba, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 114
- JOSE LUIS SANTOS-LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- RANDOLPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- TERRY MICHAEL STEINERSergeant · March 11, 1970
- MICHAEL NELSON SULLIVANCorporal · March 11, 1970
- LARRY GAIL WILLIAMSONLance Corporal · March 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE STEPHEN BARTLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 109
- JOHN WALTER LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 112
- PETER LOUIS PROCOPIOSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 113
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.