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DONALD EDWARD WEITZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1945 – March 14, 1968
Service recordDonald Edward Weitz, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 55
- KENNETH JOHN GREENESpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- JOHN ANGELO VIRGONAPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE WELCHSecond Lieutenant · March 14, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 51
- JOHN ANGELO VIRGONAPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 55
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.