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THOMAS JEROME LESTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 19, 1946 – April 7, 1967
Service recordThomas Jerome Leston, of Elmhurst, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 117
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 117
- DANIEL MCCARTHY MANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 7, 1967
- DONALD GENE MILLERSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
- LEROY GERALD MITCHELLSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GENE MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 117
- LEROY GERALD MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 117
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 118
- PATRICK JOHN TRODDENPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 119
From Elmhurst
- JACK ARTHUR SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · May 18, 1967
- LARRY RAY PALMERLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- JOHN HENRY CURTINFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- DAVID RONALD BURKES JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- LAWRENCE CARROLL ROSEStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT MAJORFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- KENNETH ERWIN STEINHEBELCorporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD SCHULZEPrivate First Class · March 1, 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.