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DANIEL JOSEPH WEIXEL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 6, 1920 – May 29, 1968
Service recordDaniel Joseph Weixel, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 29, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 13
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 6, 1920
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 13
- ALBERT DAVID MENTONCorporal · November 14, 1967
- RONALD EUGENE SEGINELance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- VICTOR SIMONCorporal · May 29, 1968
- JAMES ALFRED SMITHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · May 29, 1968
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.