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THEODORE ELBA WESTBROOK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1947 – July 17, 1967
Service recordTheodore Elba Westbrook, of Pierson, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Pierson, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 84
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- GILBERT FLOYD BALLARDPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD BROWNSergeant · July 18, 1967
- WALTER BROWNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
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.