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ROY THOMAS WESTBROOK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 8, 1944 – August 19, 1968
Service recordRoy Thomas Westbrook, of Whistler, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 1
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Whistler, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Darlac Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 1
- CESAR JABONILLO MAMONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- SALVADOR JOE MENDEZSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- PATRICK CHARLES MILESCorporal · August 19, 1968
- GENE ALLEN MOONEY JRLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALAN BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 52
- ANGELO GIACOBBEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 54
From Whistler
- LELAND FRANCIS DIXONCorporal · March 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD MCCORKELLance Corporal · October 22, 1968
- DONALD LAMAR BLACKSTONCorporal · June 20, 1969
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.