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RAYMOND JOHN WEST
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – December 13, 1968
Service recordRaymond John West, of Quincy, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 20
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 20
- JERRY MORGAN WHITEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- RAYMOND DOUGLAS BANDYStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1968
- BILLY FLOYD CLARKLance Corporal · December 14, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH CONLINSergeant · December 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER ORAN BOLSTERSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 13
- LEON ROY FIELDSergeant First Class · Panel 36W, Line 15
- GILBERT STEVENS BELL JRSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 17
- WILLIE JAMES MCCLENDONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 17
- DAVID WAYNE PIERCEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 18
From Quincy
- GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · July 23, 1964
- EDWARD ALAN BRUDNOCaptain · June 3, 1973
- RICHARD JOHN VASCONCELLOSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHANLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- BRIAN PAUL AHERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE BIFOLCHIMajor · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PITTSPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT GRASSOLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 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.