Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Lester Milton Ness
Headstone of Lester Milton Ness
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

Lester Milton Ness

Corporal
1948 – 1968
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 35E
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials In Our Keeping

Corporal Lester Milton Ness served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Lester served in the Vietnam War. Lester was 19 years old.

How They Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Gunshot wound
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Tri
Keepsakes
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
I CO, 3RD BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
0311: RIFLEMAN
CPL
RIFLEMAN
QUANG TRI
1968
Pay grade E04.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 4

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 35E · Line 48 cut as LESTER M NESS
In Our Keeping
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Lester Milton Ness
Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1968
3rd Battalion 4th Marines
Corporal
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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