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ALAN N WEISMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1945 – November 19, 1966
Service recordAlan N Weisman, of Roslyn Heights, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Roslyn Heights, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 92
- HERBERT CARSON SHUPESpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- MICHAEL DEWITT SWANGINSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- MARION WATKINSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL M CAMPBELL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 88
- JOHN DOUGLAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 88
- COLEY PHILLIP WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 93
- ELVIN JOSEPH WIDEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 93
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 94
From Roslyn Heights
- STEPHEN WHITMAN DIAMONDMajor · July 19, 1966
- SIDNEY MORTON SOLOMONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
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.