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COURTNEY EDWARD WEISSMUELLER
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
November 15, 1932 – February 12, 1967
Service recordCourtney Edward Weissmueller, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 12, 1967, in Laos, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 306 TFS
- Born
- November 15, 1932
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15E, Line 23
- JOSEPH DEWEY CRAIN JRSergeant · February 12, 1967
- RICHARD NEAL SLAVINPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- CASIMIR SYLWA SYLWANOWICZLance Corporal · February 12, 1967
- PETER JOEL YEINGSTFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.