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PAUL ROBERT WEST
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 15, 1938 – November 26, 1966
Service recordPaul Robert West, of Lewiston, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 26, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 125
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; 24 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 125
- BOBBY LEE WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- DENNIS PAUL WRIGHTAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- ALVIN ECHOLSPrivate First Class · November 27, 1966
- HENRY WILSON RUST JRLieutenant Colonel · November 27, 1966
From Lewiston
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · October 17, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- LAURIER DON DEROSIERSergeant · December 3, 1967
- NORMAND CAMILLE DESCHAINECorporal · June 7, 1968
- HAROLD GEORGE BRETONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCMAHONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD W ROSSIGNOLPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1969
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH MCMORROWLance Corporal · November 10, 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.