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CURTIS MILLER WEEKS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1950 – November 5, 1969
Service recordCurtis Miller Weeks JR, of Yuma, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Yuma, Arizona (Yuma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 36
- MICHAEL TOXEY RUTHERFORDPrivate First Class · November 5, 1969
- ROYAL ROY SHAFERSergeant · November 5, 1969
- WILLIAM ALLISON ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- JIMMY RAY CAINPetty Officer First Class · November 6, 1969
From Yuma
- CASIMIRO DIANDAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- EULIS NEIL WILKES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- EDWIN MICHAEL RIDENOURPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · March 16, 1968
- KENNETH DUANE BROWNLEESpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- ROBERT L CHAVEZChief Petty Officer · March 25, 1970
- DENNIS LEE LONGDAILSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK TILLOU JRCorporal · June 4, 1970
- STEVEN LYNN COFFEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.