caption religion birth_place nationality article_title birth_date image ordination name
captain navy -lrb- retired -rrb- lester westing , chaplain corps , united states episcopalian oakland , california united states united states lester l. westling , jr.
 19 october 1930 lesterlwestling.jpg episcopal diocese of california lester l. westling , jr. .
lester l. westling , jr.

lester leon `` wes '' westling , jr. -lrb- born october 19 , 1930 -rrb- is an american episcopal priest , retired u.s. navy chaplain , vietnam veteran , and author .
his more than fifty years of ministry have included service to parishes , missionary work in the philippines , and twenty-six years as a navy chaplain , including two assignments in vietnam : first with the third marine division medical and infantry battalions , and later as a circuit riding chaplain for 65 combat units throughout the mekong and bassac rivers and along the cambodian border .
