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JOHN MICHAEL WEST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – March 31, 1967
Service recordJohn Michael West, of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 83
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Medicine Lodge, Kansas (Barber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 83
- FREDDY L AMICKSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL ARRIESPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- ALLEN MACY BEALSLance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- CHARLES FRED BIVETTOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LESTER BRESHEARSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 77
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 78
- CHARLES C DICKEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 78
- GARY FREDERICK SCHULERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 81
- THOMAS MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 82
- JOHN ANTHONY TODIPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 82
From Medicine Lodge
- GEORGE WENDELL LONGAirman First Class · May 12, 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.