Leonard Lee Kaster

Vietnam War
Unit405th Fighter Wing
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromHolyoke Massachusetts
Date of DeathAugust 6 1964
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
First Lieutenant Kaster was a member of the 405th Fighter Wing. On August 6, 1964, he was the navigator of a Martin Canberra Bomber (B-57B) on an operational mission over South Vietnam. Contact with the aircraft was lost when it was northeast of Tan Son Nhut Airfield. His remains were recovered on May 21, 1997 and identified on October 25, 2001. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
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