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FREDERICK WILLIAM WEIDNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1948 – May 20, 1968
Service recordFrederick William Weidner, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 9
- LARRY KENNETH BRYANTPrivate First Class · May 20, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN SWIECZKOWSKISergeant · May 20, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD TURNERStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE JOSEPH GASPARD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 4
- MELVIN WOODCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 10
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.