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SCOTT BRIAN WESTPHAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 22, 1949 – February 21, 1972
Service recordScott Brian Westphal, of Menasha, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1972, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 109
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
- Flight Operations Coordinator (71P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Menasha, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1972; two of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 109
- DON HAMUEL WARESpecialist Four · February 20, 1972
- BERNARD LEVERN JOHNSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1972
- WILLIAM MARSHALL CLARKCaptain · February 23, 1972
- DAVID ERROL CLARKESpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD LEVERN JOHNSON IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 109
From Menasha
- RONALD EDWARD JAHNKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- ALBIN ANTON BARANCZYKCorporal · May 17, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM KRUEGERPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALLEN DAHLSpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- HARVEY GEORGE JACOBSONCorporal · December 18, 1970
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.