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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles Edward Weaver.

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CHARLES EDWARD WEAVER

Major · U.S. Army

December 24, 1934 – November 9, 1967

Service record

Charles Edward Weaver, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 29E · Line 64

Position of Panel 29E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Major (MAJ)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
December 24, 1934
Home of record
San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 9, 1967
Age
32
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 29E, Line 64

Same unit, same day

From San Antonio

All 287 names from San Antonio →

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.