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JESSE LEONARD WEST
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1931 – March 19, 1970
Service recordJesse Leonard West, of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 23
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Supervisor (62N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1931
- Home of record
- Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 23
- BOBBY TRUMAN SIEGLERCorporal · March 19, 1970
- BENNY DAVID SLOATPrivate First Class · March 19, 1970
- ATILANO URIEGAS TOVARSergeant · March 19, 1970
- GEORGE WARREN WARDLieutenant Colonel · March 19, 1970
From Fuquay-Varina
- JOHN STANFORD COLLIERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- HENRY LEE MCARTHURCorporal · May 26, 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.