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BOBBY WEST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1949 – January 21, 1968
Service recordBobby West, of Orange, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 10
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 10
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LARRY FREDERICK WHITELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW BINGHAMPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
- RICHARD SCOTT BYARSCorporal · January 22, 1968
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
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.