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DAVID EUGENE WEST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1949 – October 19, 1970
Service recordDavid Eugene West, of Aledo, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 10
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
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Aledo, Illinois (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 10
- HAROLD CLIFTON MARSHStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1970
- RALPH PETERSON MILLER IIIFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1970
- DARRYL KENNETH SCOTTSpecialist Four · October 19, 1970
- PETER JOE WILSONSergeant First Class · October 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DICKEY CRAIGSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 9
- DONALD COLEMAN GAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 11
From Aledo
- HORACE EARLE YOUNGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- ROBERT THOMAS FREEDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- JAMES KENNETH FRYELance Corporal · December 1, 1967
- GORDON CURTISS BROWNPetty Officer First Class · May 19, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOE MCCREIGHTSpecialist Four · December 13, 1969
- MEREDITH GLENN ANDERSONMajor · April 28, 1970
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.