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GEORGE A WEST
Master Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1929 – September 17, 1965
Service recordGeorge A West, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 85
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
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 23, 1929
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 85
- A L PARKSSpecialist Four · September 16, 1965
- EDUARDO CAMARENA-SALAZARPrivate First Class · September 17, 1965
- DEAN ALBERT KLENDAMajor · September 17, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
- GENE CHARLES MILLIGANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
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.