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JAMES WILLIAM WEST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1947 – December 16, 1967
Service recordJames William West, of Mason City, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Mason City, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 14
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- DEAN JOHN CRAIGPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- RICHARD ALLAN HOUSECorporal · December 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BEEB CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 8
- MICHAEL TIMOTHY COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 9
- EDWARD ARTHUR FINLAYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 9
- DAVID RANDOLPH GIFFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 32E, Line 9
- JAMES YBARRA HIDALGOSpecialist Five · Panel 32E, Line 10
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 10
- KENNETH DONALD KRALICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 11
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 13
From Mason City
- NICKOLAS RAY KOEHLERLance Corporal · May 8, 1965
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- GLENN RAYMOND MORRISON JRLieutenant Colonel · October 26, 1966
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- LLOYD HARMSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- ANTHONY EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · July 3, 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.