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STANLEY EUGENE WEST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordStanley Eugene West, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 8
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 8
- SAMUEL FREDERICK ANKNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 24, 1968
- JOSEPH HAROLD THOMASPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD TROUTLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.