WEST WILLIAM EDWARD

Name: 1LT William Edward West
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 02/05/1968 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 23.4
Date of Birth: 09/23/1944
Home City: East Granby, CT
Service: IN branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 4 INF DIV
Major organization: 4th Infantry Division
Service: IN branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 37E-046
Short Summary: Ground casualty
Service number: O5331543
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1542 = 15 Infantry Unit Commander
Primary cause: Need to Verify
Compliment cause: small arms fire
Started Tour: 03/04/1967
"Official" listing: ground casualty
Length of service: 02
Location: Tuyen Duc Province II Corps.
Reason: gunshot or small arms fire
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 08/20/1995

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Date posted on this site: 09/07/2007