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DONALD FREDERICK WEINMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1942 – January 13, 1966
Service recordDonald Frederick Weinman, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 72
- RICHARD ROBERT RYNKIEWICZPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- GEORGE SENSENY EYSTER JRLieutenant Colonel · January 14, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- THEODORE BUCHANAN SILASPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WARREN CRIPPSSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 68
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 69
- MELVIN LEE HAIRSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 70
- ALLEN WINFRED JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 70
From Lakeland
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
- HARRY RAY WHITE JRSpecialist Four · December 10, 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.