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EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 24, 1929 – March 23, 1961
Service recordEdgar Wilken Weitkamp JR, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1961, in Laos, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- TDY ARMY ATTACHE OFFICE VIENT
- Born
- November 24, 1929
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1961
- Age
- 31
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1961. In March 1961, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Laos, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 2
- FREDERICK THOMAS GARSIDEStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RALPH WAYNE MAGEECaptain · March 23, 1961
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- LESLIE VERNE SAMPSONStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
From York
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
- BERNARD JOHN BURNS JRSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
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.