Roderick Barnum Lester

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 52
RankLieutenant U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromMorton Washington
Date of DeathAugust 20 1972
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Lieutenant Lester was a member of Attack Squadron 52, Carrier Air Wing 11 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63). On August 20, 1972, he was the pilot of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) on a night armed reconnaissance mission near Hanoi, North Vietnam when contact with the aircraft was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.