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MELFORD WAYNE WEST
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 27, 1947 – January 3, 1968
Service recordMelford Wayne West, of Fulton, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Fulton, Mississippi (Itawamba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 33
- PAUL RAYMOND STRIEPEPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- JOHN WALTER THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- DONALD FRANKLIN WEBBSergeant · January 3, 1968
- MILAN CHAUNCEY WYDRACorporal · January 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN M BRIMMSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 25
- DAVID RICHARD BURSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 26
- CHARLES THOMAS COOKESergeant · Panel 33E, Line 27
- ARNOLD LEE COONRODCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 27
- DENNIS DALE DAUTREMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 27
- BILLY JOE ELLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 27
- ALLEN BRUCE GLINESPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 28
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- JUAN ARAUJO GUZMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- RODNEY ALLEN PRICEStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- ROBERT RAYMOND LINDBERGHPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 29
- EDWARD KEITH ROBISONMaster Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 31
- JESSE EMITERIO RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 31
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 32
- MORGAN EUGENE STEWARTSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 32
From Fulton
- PHILLIPS H IZARD JRCaptain · August 8, 1968
- LARRY THOMAS YIELDINGSergeant · April 30, 1971
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.