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DAVID EDWIN WESTOVER
Seaman · U.S. Navy
December 29, 1946 – July 28, 1969
Service recordDavid Edwin Westover, of Windom, Kansas, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 28, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 68
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Windom, Kansas (Mcpherson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 68
- MICHAEL WALTERSLance Corporal · July 28, 1969
- HERMAN WHITE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL CHARLES WUNSCHCaptain · July 28, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH AMENDOLACaptain · July 29, 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.