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LESTER WILSON KIMBLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1951 – February 5, 1970
Service recordLester Wilson Kimble, of Beardstown, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 103
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Beardstown, Illinois (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 103
- ADAM CANTUCorporal · February 5, 1970
- MICHAEL DIPASQUANTONIOCorporal · February 5, 1970
- PHILIP BENJAMIN GOODWINSpecialist Four · February 5, 1970
- CARLOS VALENZUELALance Corporal · February 5, 1970
From Beardstown
- BILLY LEE COOKSpecialist Five · July 18, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN FOXPrivate First Class · August 18, 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.