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ROBERT JAY WESTRATE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1948 – June 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Jay Westrate, of Holland, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- June 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Holland, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHC 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 29
- LELAND DOUGLAS WELCHPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MITCHELL ALLEN WENTZPetty Officer Second Class · June 7, 1968
- ERNEST LAMAR WESLEYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- LOY NEAL WHALEYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN PADDOCKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 26
From Holland
- JAMES WESLEY HINTZSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MELVIN ELMER HOFFMANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GORDON DOUGLAS YNTEMASergeant · January 18, 1968
- DAVID BUURSMAFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL ARIZMENDEZCorporal · May 29, 1968
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1968
- REYNALDO ARENASSpecialist Four · December 31, 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.