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CARL LYNN WEST
Captain · U.S. Army
October 12, 1938 – February 2, 1968
Service recordCarl Lynn West, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 3
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 3
- ROBERT CARL ANDERSONLance Corporal · February 3, 1968
- FRANK ANTHONY AZZARITO JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- ROBERT IRVING BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH JOHN AINSWORTHSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 64
- ALLEN CARSON HARDISONSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 73
- ROBERT JAMES OATESSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 80
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.