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FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELD
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1930 – July 5, 1967
Service recordFrank Brown Westerfield, of Pasadena, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- April 17, 1930
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 16
- LEONARD JOSEPH TAGLIEBERLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- NORMAN EUGENE TREESTSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BARILLOCorporal · July 6, 1967
- JERRY RAY BEEBEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
From Pasadena
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- GARY MONROE RADFORDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- LEROY CASE HOTCHKISS IIIPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- FRANK CHARLES MCNELIS JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- BOBBY JOE BONINSergeant · October 25, 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.