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FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1943 – April 5, 1966
Service recordFranklin Floyd Weaver, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 87
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 87
- EDWARD MILTON STANCHEKPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · April 5, 1966
- TOMMY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 83
- GERMA CHAPARRO-VILLANUEVASpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 84
- BARNEY MCKINLEY GILES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 84
- KEITH WALTER KAUFFMANSpecialist Five · Panel 6E, Line 85
- DANIEL JAMES MACKSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 85
- NATHANIEL MERRIWEATHERSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 85
- CHARLIE REED JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 86
- CARLOS J SANCHEZSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 86
- EDWARD MILTON STANCHEKPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 87
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 87
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 87
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 88
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- WAYNE TYRONE MOLLCorporal · October 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.