GREEN BERETS West, Donald Frederick

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

West ​

• FORENAME

Donald Frederick ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (MACV-SOG-CCN) (Task Force Advisory Element 1) ​

• RANK

Master Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

263406023 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

28th April 1971 ​

• AGE

41 ​

• GRAVESITE

Lafayette Memorial Park,Fayetteville,Cumberland County,North Carolina ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Lakehurst,New Jersey​

born 4.2.1930 Fowler,Ohio​

son of Harrison G. and Mrs West​

husband of Anna (nee Rauh) West (4 children Rosemarie,Gary,Richard and Donald)​

entered service 17.3.1947​

SF 1952​

served in Korean War​

1,3,5,6 and 7 SF Groups​

promoted Sergeant Major posthumously​

WIA 27.4.1971 Quang Nam Province,South Vietnam​

DOW 95th Evacuation Hospital,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,DC Panel 03W Line 17 ​

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