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DAVID RALPH WEIGNER
Captain · U.S. Army
February 8, 1944 – July 27, 1970
Service recordDavid Ralph Weigner, of North Wales, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 8, 1944
- Home of record
- North Wales, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 60
- HARVEY RAY NEALSergeant · July 27, 1970
- JOSEPH ROBERT NEHLCorporal · July 27, 1970
- GRADY LEE NORRISSergeant First Class · July 27, 1970
- CHARLES DAVID RIFFESpecialist Five · July 27, 1970
From North Wales
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MOLETTIERELance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT LORDISpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- HENRY HOOKER STRONG JRCaptain · May 25, 1972
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.