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JIMMY DON WEST
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1940 – July 4, 1969
Service recordJimmy Don West, of Duncan, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 64
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Duncan, Oklahoma (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 64
- JAMES MONTGOMERY WITHEESpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- JOHN CLIFFORD WOODCorporal · July 4, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN D CAMPBELLLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
- APOLINAR CASTILLO JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- AMBROSE GASSAWAYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 59
- RAYMOND LEE PIRRMANSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 62
From Duncan
- JAMES ROBERT RUTLEDGEStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1966
- ROBERT EARL CRAYTHORNESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CECIL DELBERT BELT JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- RALPH EDGAR MABRY JRSergeant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT VAN PACKCaptain · January 7, 1969
- DENNIS RAY FORNEYSergeant · June 20, 1969
- PATRICK DALE ROBIRDSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN FROSTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- GERALD WINSTON BYRNS JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1970
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.