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DAVID ANTHONY WEIR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1949 – December 10, 1969
Service recordDavid Anthony Weir, of Bristol, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Bristol, Rhode Island (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 46
- REGINALD J SUTHERLANDCorporal · December 10, 1969
- RONALD JAMES TAYLORPetty Officer Third Class · December 10, 1969
- CHARLES PAUL AUVESecond Lieutenant · December 11, 1969
- HERMAN DALE BUCHANANCorporal · December 11, 1969
From Bristol
- RAYMOND CLARK MASONLance Corporal · May 28, 2006
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BORGESPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
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.