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CLAIR LLOYD WESTLAKE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 4, 1947 – January 1, 1969
Service recordClair Lloyd Westlake JR, of Mexico, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Born
- March 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Mexico, Missouri (Audrain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 18
- BRIGGS KINNEY SICILIACaptain · January 1, 1969
- RODNEY JAMES TAKASHI YANOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH ZELLERSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
- ARTHUR FRANCIS BARTLETTSergeant · January 2, 1969
From Mexico
- JAMES WARREN CAHALLSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- JERRY LEE GRAVESCorporal · July 28, 1968
- MICHAEL ALAN LEDERLESergeant · January 24, 1969
- ALFRED HENRY SUHRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 26, 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.