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DAVID EARL WEISS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – June 16, 1969
Service recordDavid Earl Weiss, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 61
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 61
- SASA ULIPrivate First Class · June 16, 1969
- MARVIN CHARLES WHITECorporal · June 16, 1969
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHITEPetty Officer First Class · June 16, 1969
- SAMMY HOWARD WHITWORTHCorporal · June 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ALLEN RUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 58
- ANTHONY MICHAEL NOTICHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 59
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 1967
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.