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RUBIN WILBERT WESTFALL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1952 – August 12, 1970
Service recordRubin Wilbert Westfall JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 27, 1952
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 106
- EDWARD TARVERLance Corporal · August 12, 1970
- RUSSELL LEROY BAHRKE JRCorporal · August 13, 1970
- ALAN B CHEESEMANCaptain · August 13, 1970
- DONALD CLIFTON COLLINSSpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.