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DONALD ELLIOT WESTBROOK
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 28, 1926 – March 13, 1968
Service recordDonald Elliot Westbrook, of Sherman, Texas, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 13, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 43
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aerospace Research Flight Test Officer (2865B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 602 FTR SQ
- Born
- August 28, 1926
- Home of record
- Sherman, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 13, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 43
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- ELSWORTH WILLIFORDStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL WORLEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JUAN DANIEL AGUIARPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JOHN JACOB GUNTHERSergeant · March 14, 1968
From Sherman
- ARTHUR P WRIGHTCaptain · May 17, 1966
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- JERRY LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- LEONARD LEROY BEVELSSergeant · November 23, 1967
- DANNY LYNN GILSTRAPSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS POLKLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- DONALD JAY ROEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD GENE PACESpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- MONTE DALE DYKESPrivate First Class · August 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.