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VICTOR D WESTPHALL III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1940 – May 22, 1968
Service recordVictor D Westphall III, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 4
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- January 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 28 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 66E, Line 4
- MICHAEL WALTER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- RAY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- WILLARD LOYD WILLIAMSLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- CALVIN KNIGHT WOOD JRPrivate · May 22, 1968
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.