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RONALD DALE WESTPHAL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1948 – October 26, 1969
Service recordRonald Dale Westphal, of Marengo, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 122
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Marengo, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 122
- RICHARD MATTHEW LOGANSergeant · October 26, 1969
- MICHAEL LINN LYTLEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- KEITH MASON PARRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- GRAY DAWSON WARRENCaptain · October 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 119
- JOHN WILLARD BEITLICHSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 119
- JOHN KENNETH GOETTPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 120
- FRED DEAN HIGHBERGER JRSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 121
- BILLY JOE LEMLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 121
- DAVID DESALES WINKLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 123
From Marengo
- ROBERT LYNDON GRAYPetty Officer Third Class · November 27, 1967
- STEVEN HENRY GERLACHFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 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.