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FREDERICK THOMAS WEST
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1947 – April 21, 1967
Service recordFrederick Thomas West, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 66
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; 48 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 66
- FREDERICK R WILLARD JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID MARSHALL WINTERSStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- JOSEPH DUNN WYLIE IIIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JIMMIE DUAYNE CINTRONLance Corporal · April 22, 1967
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.