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LESTER ROBERT ATHERDEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1944 – March 4, 1966
Service recordLester Robert Atherden, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 100
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 100
- NORMAN JOSEPH BUELLSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD BUSHSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- RUPERT SADLER CARVEN IIILance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- PHILLIP HENRY CLARKPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HERIBERTO ARMENTALance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 98
- ISIAH BAKER IIILance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 99
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO VELEZAirman · July 29, 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.