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DANNY RAY WEST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordDanny Ray West, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 39
- JOHN RUNYON NEARY IIPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY OCONNORLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- GEORGE CHARLES OLSENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GASPER ORLANDOPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GASPER ORLANDOPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 39
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · March 30, 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.