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DONALD EUGENE WEISMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1948 – April 28, 1971
Service recordDonald Eugene Weisman, of Wheaton, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Wheaton, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- 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 April 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1971, 292 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 3W, Line 17
- DONALD FREDERICK WESTSergeant Major · April 28, 1971
- TERRILL EDWARD BRADFORDSpecialist Five · April 29, 1971
- ANTHONY GEORGE BROZICHPrivate First Class · April 29, 1971
- RONALD LEE EVANSChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1971
From Wheaton
- FRANCIS EDWARD CAMDEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 20, 1967
- DAVID MELDRUM HARTLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- ROBERT MATTHEW CARLOZZILance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM KENIS HOPKINSLance Corporal · December 14, 1968
- HENRY DAVID CUSTENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE GARDNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1970
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.