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JIMMY WAYNE WESTBROOK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1948 – October 2, 1970
Service recordJimmy Wayne Westbrook, of Sanford, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 109
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Sanford, Colorado (Conejos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 109
- JOHN HUTCHINGS WINBORNEFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1970
- STANLEY HOWARD BARRETTSergeant · October 3, 1970
- RALPH GILBERT BARTLEY JRSergeant First Class · October 3, 1970
- KENNETH JOHN KOCHSpecialist Five · October 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM I ALLSBROOK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 105
- BRUCE JACOB STICKELSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 107
- DAVID FREDERICK TINSEYSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 108
- JOHN HUTCHINGS WINBORNEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 109
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.