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CLAUDE FREDRICK WEIDERMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1942 – August 8, 1966
Service recordClaude Fredrick Weiderman, of Longview, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Longview, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 119
- DAVID LOUIS THORPEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- CHARLES MILTON WALLINGMajor · August 8, 1966
- JACK ALLEN WELCHPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- PATRICK EDWARD WYNNEMajor · August 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL HARRIS OLTSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 116
From Longview
- WILLIAM PETER WAGNER IIISecond Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- DAVID KIM AASENLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL CURTISPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- MILTON EARL SPEARSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- GARY LEE WILKINSLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE RAYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- BILLY BOB LEYERLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · May 24, 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.