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ROBERT LEWIS WEST
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1948 – June 2, 1968
Service recordRobert Lewis West, of Waco, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 19
- AVERY WILDERSergeant · June 2, 1968
- RANDALL LEE WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · June 2, 1968
- DALE ERNEST BADGLEYCorporal · June 3, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ROBERT HARTLEYPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
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.