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HOWARD CECIL WEST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1946 – December 11, 1966
Service recordHoward Cecil West, of Clinton, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Clinton, North Carolina (Sampson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 37
- BENNY ARNOLD STARRFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1966
- JOSHUA WELCH JRPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON FORD JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- VITO VINCENT BRUNOPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 32
- ELMER WILLIAM DICKENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 32
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 33
- DENNIS HARPER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 33
- ROBERT EDWARD JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 33
- MICHAEL CHARLES KIRBYSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 34
- JOHN E LAWLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 34
- DONALD LAMAR LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 34
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 34
- ALVIN EDWARD KURTZSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 35
- JIMMIE CLYDE POESpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 35
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 36
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 36
- ANTONIO ABEL SOLISSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 36
- BENNY ARNOLD STARRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 37
- JOSHUA WELCH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 37
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 37
From Clinton
- ELBERT THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- KENNETH PETE WILSONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER HIAWATHA BELLPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- CHARLES LONNELL MCLAURINPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE MOBLEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · September 18, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DANIELSSergeant · July 27, 1969
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.