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CHARLES ROBERT WEST
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – May 9, 1970
Service recordCharles Robert West, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 10
- RICHARD ARTHUR WELLSSergeant · May 9, 1970
- LARRY CLAYTON YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- JAMES ARTHUR BLACKMONCorporal · May 10, 1970
- LELAND MCLANE CHESTNUTSergeant · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER GENE HALLSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 5
- WILLIAM O LASSITER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 7
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.