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RAY WESLEY HESTERLEE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1950 – December 20, 1968
Service recordRay Wesley Hesterlee, of Forest Park, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 51
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Forest Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 51
- WILBUR O HAKEPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT HUDSON JRSergeant · December 20, 1968
- RONALD ALAN JARVISPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- CARL FREDERICK KASHIEMERSpecialist Four · December 20, 1968
From Forest Park
- STEPHEN MANTON CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- ROBERT MILTON JOHNSONCorporal · July 24, 1966
- WAYNE HOUSTON MCKINLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1968
- DANIEL LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · March 1, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALLACE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1970
- CARL WAYNE PRITCHETTPrivate First Class · March 28, 1971
- DANIEL LEE CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · November 20, 1971
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.