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LESTER STANLEY VESS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 16, 1951 – October 30, 1970
Service recordLester Stanley Vess, of Old Fort, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Old Fort, North Carolina (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 30
- FRANCISCO M ASANOMASergeant · October 30, 1970
- MOSES PLACERESSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- GARY WAYNE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD WINTERSPetty Officer First Class · October 30, 1970
From Old Fort
- RAY DOUGLAS LEDFORDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- GOLLIE LEO GRANTHospitalman · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES JAY REVISSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- HUGH EDWARD REVISPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- RONNIE LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · August 15, 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.