Lieutenant Commander Leo Claude Hester Sr from Heber, California lost his life at the age of 42 on March 10, 1967.
Lieutenant Commander Leo Claude Hester Sr was born on May 05, 1924 and was an Unrestricted Line Officer (Pilot), had 22 years of service in the U.S. Navy arriving in Vietnam assigned to Tan Son Nhut Air Base Detachment, Naval Support Activity Saigon, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
On March 10, 1967, a U.S. Navy VC-47J (#99844) from Tan Son Nhut Air Base Detachment, Naval Support Activity Saigon, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam crashed into a hillside near Phan Rang because of a wing failure while on an administrative Navy flight between Cam Ranh Air Base and Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam. There were no survivors. The U.S. Navy flight crew included LCDR Robert George Kerr Sr (pilot), LCDR Leo Claude Hester Sr (co-pilot), ADR1 Cecil L Chapman (crewman) and AE3 Francis R. Ferron Jr (crewman). There were 10 passengers on the aircraft, 4 U.S. Navy and 6 U.S. Army. The U.S. Navy passengers were LT James Milton Albright, LCDR Donald George Brown, LT John Calvin Crawford, and JO1 William C. Eckes. The U.S. Army passengers were SP4 John H. Flynn, SFC Byron D. Hamlett, CAPT James J. L. Johnson, 2LT Roger W. Rabey, and CAPT Jacob F. Stepan.
Lieutenant Commander Leo Claude Hester Sr is honored on the Vietnam Memorial at Panel 16E, Line 52.
Lieutenant Commander Leo Claude Hester Sr was born on May 05, 1924 and was an Unrestricted Line Officer (Pilot), had 22 years of service in the U.S. Navy arriving in Vietnam assigned to Tan Son Nhut Air Base Detachment, Naval Support Activity Saigon, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
On March 10, 1967, a U.S. Navy VC-47J (#99844) from Tan Son Nhut Air Base Detachment, Naval Support Activity Saigon, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam crashed into a hillside near Phan Rang because of a wing failure while on an administrative Navy flight between Cam Ranh Air Base and Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam. There were no survivors. The U.S. Navy flight crew included LCDR Robert George Kerr Sr (pilot), LCDR Leo Claude Hester Sr (co-pilot), ADR1 Cecil L Chapman (crewman) and AE3 Francis R. Ferron Jr (crewman). There were 10 passengers on the aircraft, 4 U.S. Navy and 6 U.S. Army. The U.S. Navy passengers were LT James Milton Albright, LCDR Donald George Brown, LT John Calvin Crawford, and JO1 William C. Eckes. The U.S. Army passengers were SP4 John H. Flynn, SFC Byron D. Hamlett, CAPT James J. L. Johnson, 2LT Roger W. Rabey, and CAPT Jacob F. Stepan.
Lieutenant Commander Leo Claude Hester Sr is honored on the Vietnam Memorial at Panel 16E, Line 52.
Lieutenant Commander Leo Claude Hester Sr from Heber, California lost his life at the age of 42 on March 10, 1967.
Lieutenant Commander Leo Claude Hester Sr was born on May 05, 1924 and was an Unrestricted Line Officer (Pilot), had 22 years of service in the U.S. Navy arriving in Vietnam assigned to Tan Son Nhut Air Base Detachment, Naval Support Activity Saigon, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
On March 10, 1967, a U.S. Navy VC-47J (#99844) from Tan Son Nhut Air Base Detachment, Naval Support Activity Saigon, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam crashed into a hillside near Phan Rang because of a wing failure while on an administrative Navy flight between Cam Ranh Air Base and Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam. There were no survivors. The U.S. Navy flight crew included LCDR Robert George Kerr Sr (pilot), LCDR Leo Claude Hester Sr (co-pilot), ADR1 Cecil L Chapman (crewman) and AE3 Francis R. Ferron Jr (crewman). There were 10 passengers on the aircraft, 4 U.S. Navy and 6 U.S. Army. The U.S. Navy passengers were LT James Milton Albright, LCDR Donald George Brown, LT John Calvin Crawford, and JO1 William C. Eckes. The U.S. Army passengers were SP4 John H. Flynn, SFC Byron D. Hamlett, CAPT James J. L. Johnson, 2LT Roger W. Rabey, and CAPT Jacob F. Stepan.
Lieutenant Commander Leo Claude Hester Sr is honored on the Vietnam Memorial at Panel 16E, Line 52.
Lieutenant Commander Leo Claude Hester Sr was born on May 05, 1924 and was an Unrestricted Line Officer (Pilot), had 22 years of service in the U.S. Navy arriving in Vietnam assigned to Tan Son Nhut Air Base Detachment, Naval Support Activity Saigon, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
On March 10, 1967, a U.S. Navy VC-47J (#99844) from Tan Son Nhut Air Base Detachment, Naval Support Activity Saigon, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam crashed into a hillside near Phan Rang because of a wing failure while on an administrative Navy flight between Cam Ranh Air Base and Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam. There were no survivors. The U.S. Navy flight crew included LCDR Robert George Kerr Sr (pilot), LCDR Leo Claude Hester Sr (co-pilot), ADR1 Cecil L Chapman (crewman) and AE3 Francis R. Ferron Jr (crewman). There were 10 passengers on the aircraft, 4 U.S. Navy and 6 U.S. Army. The U.S. Navy passengers were LT James Milton Albright, LCDR Donald George Brown, LT John Calvin Crawford, and JO1 William C. Eckes. The U.S. Army passengers were SP4 John H. Flynn, SFC Byron D. Hamlett, CAPT James J. L. Johnson, 2LT Roger W. Rabey, and CAPT Jacob F. Stepan.
Lieutenant Commander Leo Claude Hester Sr is honored on the Vietnam Memorial at Panel 16E, Line 52.
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