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KENNETH PETER WEST
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
November 4, 1944 – June 22, 1969
Service recordKenneth Peter West, of Butte, Montana, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 22, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 114
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radarman (RD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- November 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Butte, Montana (Silver Bow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 114
- MICHAEL ANTHONY SEAGROVESCaptain · August 21, 1967
- JAMES AUSTIN ROBERGCorporal · June 22, 1969
- JOHN WILL ROBERSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
- GARY JOSEPH WEBBPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
From Butte
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · June 30, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN JANHUNENPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE HOERNERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- RONALD GREGORY BABICHCaptain · June 2, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CAWLEYSeaman · March 14, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- MARVIN KENT ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 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.