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GAYLORD LEE WESTBAY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 15, 1938 – September 8, 1967
Service recordGaylord Lee Westbay, of Hanford, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 38
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Hanford, California (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 38
- ALBERT FRANCIS SAYER JRCaptain · September 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL SEASEMaster Sergeant · September 8, 1967
- WILLIAM LLEWELLYN SLANEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
- FRANK LOUIS ZIGALOSergeant First Class · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL G GARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 34
- DURWOOD MICHAEL HALLAMPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 35
From Hanford
- HOWARD WILLIAM HENNINGERColonel · March 13, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE LOONEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- MANUEL BARRERAStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- LOUIE OCHOAPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ROBERT R THOMPSONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · May 10, 1968
- WAYNE JOHNATHAN ROGERSCorporal · November 27, 1968
- PATRICK ANTHONY WHITTENPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
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.