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RUSSELL UDELL WEST
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1949 – May 23, 1968
Service recordRussell Udell West, of Orange, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 3
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 3
- CLIFTON THOMAS TAYLORCorporal · May 23, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 23, 1968
- DANIEL FRANCIS THOMPSONSergeant · May 23, 1968
- JOE EBERT ALLENSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.