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ROBERT LEE WESTFALL
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
June 22, 1938 – February 11, 1962
Service recordRobert Lee Westfall, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 11, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Meadville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1962
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1962. In February 1962, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 7
- GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEWSpecialist Four · February 11, 1962
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- CHARLES AUBREY PULLIAMPrivate First Class · February 17, 1962
- AL SUMINGUIT PADAYHAGSpecialist Five · March 10, 1962
From Meadville
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- DONALD IRA BOWERSAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD KAHLERSergeant · November 1, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD CHASE JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BREEDENSergeant First Class · March 24, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BROMS JRLieutenant Commander · August 1, 1968
- JAMES EARL RUDDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS JOLIETSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · April 1, 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.