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DANIEL FLOYD WEST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1946 – November 24, 1968
Service recordDaniel Floyd West, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 53
- JERRY NIXON SCOTTStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1968
- ALFRED JOHN SMALLSergeant · November 24, 1968
- MARK STEPHEN STEINERSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN WASILOWCorporal · November 24, 1968
- DANIEL LEE MCKECHNIESpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JOHN SMALLSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 53
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.