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TERRY LEE LESH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1947 – May 15, 1969
Service recordTerry Lee Lesh, of Bedford, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Bedford, Pennsylvania (Bedford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 17
- JEROME DAVID JORGENSONSergeant · May 15, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL KIRKPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- ALBERT LEWIS KOONFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1969
- GEORGE ANDREW LAMOTHESpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EMERSON DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 15
- KENNEDY JACQUESCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 16
From Bedford
- VICTOR ELDEN KIDDPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
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.