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JAMES FRANCIS WESTPHAL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 7, 1950 – January 6, 1970
Service recordJames Francis Westphal, of North Merrick, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 7, 1950
- Home of record
- North Merrick, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 6
- WILLIAM MICHAEL ADAIRSergeant · January 6, 1970
- JULIAN ROBLES RODRIGUEZSergeant · January 6, 1970
- CLINTON GEAN RUCKLEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- FRANK MARK WALKERCorporal · January 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY KEITH RAYBORNPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 2
From North Merrick
- ROGER EDWARD HUESTISConstructionman · December 14, 1967
- PETER F GERSTENLAUERAirman First Class · January 10, 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.