United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Navy · United States 
Roderick Barnum Lester
1946 – 1972
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Lieutenant Commander Roderick Barnum Lester served in the U.S. Navy. Roderick served aboard ATKRON 52. Roderick served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Roderick was 26 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1310: Unrestricted Line Officer (Pilot)
URL PILOT
MORTON, WA
1978
Pay grade O04. DCAS record DCAS-VN-030384.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
6
For valor
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Section
MJ
Grave
29
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Roderick Barnum Lester
Lieutenant Commander
U.S. Navy
- 1978
Attack Squadron 52
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