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WAYNE CLIFFORD JESTER
Private · U.S. Army
November 19, 1948 – April 10, 1968
Service recordWayne Clifford Jester, of Milford, Delaware, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 11
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Milford, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 11
- CHIP RUSSELL HARRISONPrivate · April 10, 1968
- KIMMEY DEAN HOBBSSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- DENNIS FOX HUGHESPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- RAYMOND E KELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE CECIL COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 9
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 9
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM ELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 10
- ALAN ROBERT GAULTSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 10
- BRYAN THOMAS MUKAIPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 13
- JONATHAN NEALCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 14
- JAMES ANDRES PALENIK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 14
- JOSEPH A PURYEARSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 15
- WAYNE ALBERT SLANKARDCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 15
From Milford
- JAMES HAROLD JOHNSON JRCaptain · October 3, 1963
- DONALD LEE GIBSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 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.