The Wall › Panel 33W › Vermont › William Fred Lestage
WILLIAM FRED LESTAGE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1949 – February 3, 1969
Service recordWilliam Fred Lestage, of St Albans, Vermont, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 50
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- St Albans, Vermont (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 50
- LARRY ROBERT MADDYFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1969
- MICHAEL STACY MASSONEPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- RICKEY CLAUDE C MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- WILLIAM HARVEY MILLERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
From St Albans
- PAUL STUART ASHLINEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PATRICK RALPH DONERPrivate First Class · August 4, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW LAMOTHESpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- REGINALD PETER BEGNOCHESpecialist Four · September 4, 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.