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CHARLES EDWARD WEST
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 1, 1929 – June 17, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward West, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 4
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 1, 1929
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 4
- EDWARD ARTHUR SMITHPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD EARL STROMBECKMajor · June 17, 1967
- JOHN W VAUGHANSecond Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.