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DARRELL CHARLES WEST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1947 – May 12, 1969
Service recordDarrell Charles West, of Barberton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 90
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Barberton, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 90
- ALBERTO RIOS VASQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- SAMUEL LEE WABLESpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- GARY THOMAS WALZLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD WEIDNERCorporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE JESUS AGUILLONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 59
- KENNETH LEE BRINKSStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 62
- HUGH PINSON CALDWELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 63
- ROBERT WILLIAM COMPTONSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 64
- PETER PHILIP DUBIELPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 67
- MARLOYE KEITH HALGRIMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 70
- FRANK EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 73
- ROY LEE NATIONSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 79
- JOSEPH ANTHONY NURZYNSKISpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 79
- BRUCE EDWARD PETEROYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 81
- JOHN ROZOWSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 83
- NATHAN BEDFORD SIMMONSSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 85
- JAMES RALPH STEVENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 86
- ISAIAH TRUMAN STUKESPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 87
- MICHAEL JAMES STURGILLCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 87
- CHARLES THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 88
- CARL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 88
- LARRY LEE THOMURESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 88
- BERTALAN JAMES TOTHSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 89
- PRESTON TRIBBLE JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 89
- ALBERTO RIOS VASQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 90
- SAMUEL LEE WABLESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 90
From Barberton
- GENE THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1965
- BILLY CLARENCE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · April 5, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1966
- CHARLES L BOLINGSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 1968
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.