John Edward West Jr
Military Data
MOS 2531 Field Radio Operator
Length Service 01
Unit H&S Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III MAF
Casualty Data
Start Tour 15 December 1968
Incident Date 13 February 1969
Casualty Date 13 February 1969
Age at Loss 20
Location , South Vietnam
Remains Body recovered
Casualty Type Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason Ground casualty
Casualty Detail Multiple fragmentation wounds
On the Vietnam wall Panel 32W Line 030
Burial
Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Plot Z, R3 G16
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Date of birth: 27 October 1948
- Date of death: 13 February 1969
- County: Washington
- Hometown: Johnson City
- Service Branch: Marine Corps
- Division/Assignment: 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division
- Conflict: Vietnam
- Burial/Memorial Location: Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXIV, Middle Panel
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