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LUCIEN CHARLES TESSIER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1943 – February 19, 1968
Service recordLucien Charles Tessier, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 32
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-53 A/D Qualified (I) (7564)
- Born
- December 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 40E, Line 32
- ROBERT SMITH GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- BERNARD EDWARD SMITHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- ENRIQUE LORENZO SOLIZSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- WILTON JAMES SULLINGER JRPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
From Manchester
- ROBERT PAUL DIONNEHospitalman · July 14, 1965
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH GEORGE VILLIARDCorporal · March 24, 1966
- PHILLIP JOSEPH STICKNEYSenior Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- PAUL ERNEST NADEAUPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- LEON NORMAND DOUCETCorporal · February 5, 1967
- NORMAN GERARD LOZEAUPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- NORMAND RICHARD MARTELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ARMAND ROG GELINASChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 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.