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DIRK JON WESTRA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1948 – July 4, 1968
Service recordDirk Jon Westra, of St Cloud, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Procurement Sergeant (76N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1948
- Home of record
- St Cloud, Minnesota (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 15
- WILFREDO PANTALEON ZAMORASpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- OLIVER ZINIMON JRLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR AUSMUSGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1968
- TONY ANDERSON BAKERPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND PAUL BOSWORTH JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53W, Line 7
- LARRY EUGENE COLLIERSpecialist Five · Panel 53W, Line 8
- JESSIE EDDIE LEE COYStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 8
- DANIEL NORBERT GLOWACKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53W, Line 10
- FREDERICK G TERRY JRMajor · Panel 53W, Line 14
From St Cloud
- MONTE THOMAS SLOANCaptain · December 10, 1966
- ALVIN GENE TENNISONSergeant · February 3, 1967
- DAVID C PAPESHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL SCHRAMELSpecialist Four · July 14, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH STEFFESSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- LARS PETER HUSTADFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- RONALD WILLIAM PANNOCorporal · August 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GILLESPIECorporal · November 2, 1969
- DANIEL ROGER ZUTTERCorporal · December 6, 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.