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ROBERT WILKS WEST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1944 – May 15, 1968
Service recordRobert Wilks West, of Huntington Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Huntington Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 4
- WILLIE ROSS VARNEYSergeant · May 15, 1968
- DONALD FRANCIS VOGELSpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM WEBBPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- FRANCIS MARION WEBSTERSpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 18
- HOMER B BELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 18
- THOMAS WAYNE BISHOPPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 21
- BENJAMIN NILES GOLDBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 23
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 23
- EDMOND JOHN LANDERSCaptain · Panel 60E, Line 24
- DENNIS IRWIN PEDERSENSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 1
- JOHN JOSEPH SLIFKASpecialist Five · Panel 61E, Line 2
- DONALD FRANCIS VOGELSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 4
- MELVIN ALVIN WILDMANPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 5
From Huntington Beach
- TERRY LEE QUINNPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- RAY EUGENE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- MIKE ARMENDAREZPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- GEORGE TALLMANSergeant · April 9, 1967
- ROGER VERNON INSCORECorporal · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- LELAND PATRICK FINLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 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.