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JOHNNIE BOWEN WESTERVELT
Fireman · U.S. Navy
July 6, 1947 – May 21, 1969
Service recordJohnnie Bowen Westervelt, of Big Timber, Montana, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 21, 1969, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 73
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Big Timber, Montana (Sweet Grass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 73
- ROBERT LEE VAUGHN JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- GERALD LEE WILSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM ARNOLDMajor · May 22, 1969
- EARL PETER BEECHINGPrivate First Class · May 22, 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.