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ARTHUR J WEINPER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 23, 1946 – April 8, 1968
Service recordArthur J Weinper, of Roslyn, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 56
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Roslyn, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 48E, Line 56
- ALBERT WILLIAM WARTHANStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- SALVATORE AGRI JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- ANDREW JOHN BABYAK JRSpecialist Four · April 9, 1968
- THOMAS FRANCIS CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR WALTON HUNT IIICorporal · Panel 48E, Line 53
- ALAN PETER JONESSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 53
- JOHNNY RAY KINGCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 53
From Roslyn
- BERNARD JAMES KELLEYSergeant First Class · May 22, 1965
- ROBERT JOSEPH GRANDESpecialist Four · December 18, 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.