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JAMES EDWARD WEST
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1947 – September 10, 1966
Service recordJames Edward West, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 85
- LAWRENCE BYRON TATUMColonel · September 10, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- THOMAS CHARLES WALSHCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PAUL GARY WEIGANDPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SWEENEYLance Corporal · February 26, 1968
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.