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JERELD EUGENE WESTPHAL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1945 – June 3, 1967
Service recordJereld Eugene Westphal, of Bethel, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 54
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Bethel, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 54
- PRESTON HARRY TURNER JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GEORGE DAVID WALLACESergeant · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN WEEDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- DANIEL WESLEY WHITEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
From Bethel
- MARTIN ANGEL ROSALESPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1968
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMSenior Master Sergeant · May 22, 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.