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ALLEN RAY WEAMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 31, 1948 – June 13, 1968
Service recordAllen Ray Weamer, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 15
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 15
- ROBERT WAYNE WERLEYSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
- LEONARD RAY WHITECorporal · June 13, 1968
- RONALD ALTON WILSONPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- HENRY EUGENE WOOLEYSergeant · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DEVRIN CARTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 57W, Line 7
- JERRY HAMPTON JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 57W, Line 10
- GARY ANDREW MILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 11
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.