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EDGAR LEO WEST JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 8, 1946 – January 14, 1971
Service recordEdgar Leo West JR, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Chemical Equipment Repairer (54D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 44
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
- RUDOLPH CALVIN THOMASStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1971
- BILLY RAY ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1971
- DAVID LEROY BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
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.