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RICHARD ANDRESEN WEST
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 16, 1948 – October 8, 1967
Service recordRichard Andresen West, of Kettering, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Kettering, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 77
- SCOTT ANDREW CHRISTOFFERSONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- WILLIAM LOUIS STEWART JRSpecialist Five · October 8, 1967
- JERRY FRANKLIN WALLSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DAN EDISON WARNERLance Corporal · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL DONALD AMANTEASpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 67
- JAMES WALTER ARMSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 68
- THEODORE JOSEPH CHASONCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 69
- JACK DEAVERSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 70
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 70
- STEPHEN ELY FEISTNERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 70
- JEFFERY DONALD FLOURNOYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 70
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 71
- RAY GEVARA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 71
- JOHN H HARDINGSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 72
- ROBERT W HEBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 72
- DEMETRIO LOMELI HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 72
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 73
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 74
- SCOTT ANDREW CHRISTOFFERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 77
- JERRY FRANKLIN WALLSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 77
From Kettering
- TERANCE M BOZARTHFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- ANTHONY PAUL OREILLYFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE BURKESPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- THOMAS DAVID STONEFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH SCHAAFSergeant · July 26, 1970
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.