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THOMAS DUFAUX KESTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1946 – September 3, 1968
Service recordThomas Dufaux Kester, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; nine of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 33
- GARY ROBERT KORSMYERSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- STEWART ARTHUR MELNICKFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE NEALSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- ROBERT LEE PINKARDPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVID JRSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 31
- GARY ROBERT KORSMYERSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 33
- STEWART ARTHUR MELNICKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 33
- RONALD WAYNE NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 33
- MARC EDWARD SNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 34
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.