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STEVEN LEWIS HESTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1949 – February 20, 1970
Service recordSteven Lewis Hester, of Chamblee, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 20, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 35
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- December 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Chamblee, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 35
- WILLIAM CLYDE HAGERICHPetty Officer First Class · February 20, 1970
- LARRY EDWARD HANDStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1970
- DEXTER DUANE HARBOURSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- MICHAEL LEO HELLERPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
From Chamblee
- THOMAS VINCENT MAYBURYLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- CHARLES HOWARD RAMPLEYSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- LARRY RICHARD TODDSergeant · April 26, 1968
- MORRIS A MALLARD JRSergeant First Class · August 7, 1968
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · September 26, 1968
- DONALD LEE HARRISONMajor · October 29, 1968
- WOLFRAM J KRETSCHMANNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- BILLY GENE CREECHFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- JAMES ALTON COWAN JRSergeant · June 18, 1969
- MAJOR BOONE MORGAN JRCorporal · August 21, 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.