Jerry Smith Leonard, age 29, from Greensboro, North Carolina, Guilford county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Forest Lawn, Greensboro
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org
Aristotoles D. Ibanez, age 37, from Cavite, Philippines.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Pasay City, Philippines
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org
David Gleason Fell, age 26, from Van Wert, Ohio, Van Wert county.
Parents: Harvey H. Fell (1910 – 1984) and Elizabeth G. Fell (1912-1980)
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Van Wert High (1959)
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org
Wilfredo Clinton-Mendez, age 21, from Utuado, Puerto Rico, Utuado county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Cementerio Municipal, Puerto Rico
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org
Anthony Richard Torcivia, age 40, from Easton, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Northampton Memorial Shrine
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org
Thomas Herbert Smith, age 20, from Markesan, Wisconsin, Green Lake county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Markesan Memorial
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org
Reinhard J. Jr. Schnurrer, age 20, from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Fort Snelling National
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org
Cary Frank Rundle, age 20, from Aldan, Pennsylvania, Delaware county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Arlington in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org
Rodney Walter Peters, age 30, from Grants Pass, Oregon, Josephine county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Willamette National
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org
Dennis Kenneth O’Connor, age 20, from San Francisco, California, San Francisco county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Golden Gate National
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org