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Casualty Info
Home Town Victor, ID
Last Address Victor, ID
Casualty Date May 25, 1970
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Binh Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Victor Cemetery - Victor, Idaho
Lester Neal Moulton spent his early life on a farm in Idaho. He enjoyed sports, baseball, basketball, golf, and hunting. He served a LDS mission to Switzerland. After returning home, he married Marcia Rae Lutz in the Salt Lake Temple. He graduated from BYU in 1968 with a BS in Zoology and reported to Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning Georgia on January 25, 1969.
On May 25, 1970 Moulton was serving as a company commander during a combat assault in the Crescent Mountains in Vietnam. One of the fire teams made contact with an enemy force of unknown size. 2LT. Moulton immediately called for reinforcements, air strikes and gunships to soften the enemy for attack. He then courageously led the company in a combat assault into the region. They received intense small-arms and machine-gun fire and quite a few men were wounded. After assessing the situation, he ordered the right flank to maneuver to the enemy's flank and overrun their position. Throughout the battle, he moved without regard to his own personal safety, always thinking of his men. When he saw that many of them were endangering their own lives in trying to help those that had been wounded, he ordered them to remain in place. He then personally moved under fire to one of the wounded and hauled him to safety. He went back to help another soldier and was mortally wounded. For his heroic and courageous actions, he was awarded the Silver Star.
