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DONALD LEE WESTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1948 – October 2, 1968
Service recordDonald Lee Wester, of Cleaton, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 65
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleaton, Kentucky (Muhlenberg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 65
- FRED ZIMRI WASHBURNFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- RICHARD M WELCHFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- THOMAS EARL ALDERSONCaptain · October 3, 1968
- MARTIN EDWARD BIXLERWarrant Officer 1 · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN C SHERIN IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 64
- ALLAN RAY WALSHSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 64
- FRED ZIMRI WASHBURNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 65
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.