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ALBERT DWAYNE WESTER
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 4, 1933 – October 5, 1968
Service recordAlbert Dwayne Wester, of Terrell, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 5, 1968, in Laos, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 16
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 38 AIR REC AND REC SQ
- Born
- September 4, 1933
- Home of record
- Terrell, Texas (Kaufman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 41W, Line 16
- PAUL LESLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- EDWARD BRUCE SPEARSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL STRIDE JRStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1968
- EDWARD OTTO WEIMANWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1968
From Terrell
- LARRY GLEN THRASHERLance Corporal · September 14, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE HOUSTONSergeant · January 23, 1967
- LONNIE LEO SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
- JOE L LYONSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- CHARLES EDWIN BENNETTSergeant · February 7, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY CRAVENPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- HARRY H HERNDONSergeant · October 18, 1968
- MERRELL EUGENE BRUMLEY JRLance Corporal · January 25, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.