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JOHN HAYDEN WEST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1948 – March 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Hayden West, of North Bergen, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 67
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1948
- Home of record
- North Bergen, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 67
- CARLOS O MALDONADOLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- ROGER JAMES MAZALSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- WILLIAM L MCCORMICKPetty Officer Second Class · March 7, 1969
- RICHARD LAVERNE MUSSERCorporal · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENTON ELWOOD HENNINGERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 63
- ORANGE GOODINGSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 64
- LINNELL BUTLERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 65
- ROGER JAMES MAZALSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 67
- JOHN ASDRUBAL RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 69
- ROGER JAMES SPENCESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 70
- TERRANCE LEE WEANTSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 70
From North Bergen
- ALBERT RUSSELL MOLNARSpecialist Four · November 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN BRELLENTHINCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL ALLENCorporal · May 5, 1968
- CARL DENNIS WADLEIGHSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- ROBERT TRIVISONNOPrivate · November 15, 1968
- VINCENT RALPH SALEMIPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.