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RICHARD CHARLES WESTBERG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1944 – March 10, 1968
Service recordRichard Charles Westberg, of Marshalltown, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Marshalltown, Iowa (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 12
- WARREN CLIFFORD LANESergeant · March 10, 1968
- VINCENT DOUGLAS WESTBERRYLance Corporal · March 10, 1968
- WILLIAM WARREN WIEBURGWarrant Officer 1 · March 10, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY WILLIAMSSeaman · March 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MCKINLEY HAIRSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 7
- JOHN ARTHUR HOOKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 8
- DURWOOD BERT LOMBARDSpecialist Five · Panel 44E, Line 9
- RICHARD ALBERT MARSHCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 9
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY IIICorporal · Panel 44E, Line 10
From Marshalltown
- HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERTPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- ROBERT DOUGLAS KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 4, 1967
- STANLEY RICHARD SMITHMajor · May 11, 1968
- DONALD DENNIS WEYKERSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD SLATERSecond Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- DAVID LYNN RUTGERSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DARREL GENE BITTNERSergeant · May 8, 1969
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MCKIBBENCaptain · April 25, 1970
- RANDY LEE MASTSergeant · June 5, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE TUCKERCorporal · February 15, 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.