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WILLIAM RICHARD WEST
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 21, 1941 – March 28, 1966
Service recordWilliam Richard West, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 58
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 58
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALBERT CHARLES RISINGSpecialist Four · March 28, 1966
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD TAYLORSergeant · March 28, 1966
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
- ROBERT ELVIS STALLINGSPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.