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WILLIAM ARNOLD WESTLAKE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – September 26, 1968
Service recordWilliam Arnold Westlake, of Lynn, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Lynn, Indiana (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 25
- RICHARD BARRY TROTTERStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- JOHN CLAYTON WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM WEBB JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 26, 1968
- JOSEPH GEORGE AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS EUGENE GOSSAGESpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 17
- JOHN WAYNE STATESStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 23
- JOHN CLAYTON WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 25
From Lynn
- DON R SHACKELFORDFirst Sergeant · February 9, 1966
- BRUCE ALAN SWAIMPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE JOHNSONLance Corporal · June 2, 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.