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ALLISON A WESTBROOKS JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 27, 1940 – January 20, 1968
Service recordAllison A Westbrooks JR, of New Madrid, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1940
- Home of record
- New Madrid, Missouri (New Madrid County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 1
- JOHN WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- EULIS NEIL WILKES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- ROGER LEE WILSONCorporal · January 20, 1968
- PETER LORENZ WOODSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY BASS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 83
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 84
- DAVID ANTHONY DECOSTESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 85
- ANTHONY JOSEPH HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 87
- GERALD N HUNTERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 87
- ROBERT EARL BUTLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 90
- EULIS NEIL WILKES JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 1
From New Madrid
- LARRY JOE WILLIAMSCorporal · March 24, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- JEWEL EDWARD MCCLATCHEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- CLIFFORD JAMES RUSHSergeant · October 24, 1969
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.