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THOMAS STORY JESTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1949 – September 21, 1968
Service recordThomas Story Jester, of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 54
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Carnegie, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; three 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 43W, Line 54
- HAROLD EUGENE FEEZELCorporal · September 21, 1968
- LAWRENCE E GARRON JRLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- MICHAEL IRVIN HANNEMANSergeant · September 21, 1968
- GEORGE BERNARD HESSEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BLAINE EDWARD CALLIHANPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- DOUGLAS JAMES CAVINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 52
- JOHN ALBERT MCGEHEEPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 56
- THERMALL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 58
- WILLIS ALBERT TOOMESSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 58
From Carnegie
- FREDERICK PETER LANGERSergeant · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS RANDAL SCALISEPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- CLIFFORD EARL HAYNES JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- ROY JEFFREY BURKESpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- JAMES LOUIS MCCABE JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
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.