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JAMES BARRINGTON WESTBROOK
Captain · U.S. Army
November 1, 1941 – August 25, 1968
Service recordJames Barrington Westbrook, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 25
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 25
- CLAUDE FRANKLIN VAUGHNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES WALKERCorporal · August 25, 1968
- JAMES FRANKLIN WATSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN WOODSSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 11
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 14
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 18
- JEFFREY WILLIS POHJOLACorporal · Panel 46W, Line 20
- LELAND EUGENE RADLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 21
- CORNELIUS F MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 23
- THOMAS JOHN STOPYRASpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 23
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.