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GARRY LYNN WEAVER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1949 – October 12, 1970
Service recordGarry Lynn Weaver, of Lake City, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 130
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake City, Tennessee (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 130
- THEODORE TEXAS ROWLEYStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1970
- JOHN ANDREW SPENCE IIISpecialist Four · October 12, 1970
- CLIFFORD IVAN WRIGHTSergeant · October 12, 1970
- EUGENE ONEIL BROWNPrivate First Class · October 13, 1970
From Lake City
- ACIE DAVID HALLLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- KENNETH JOE DAVISSergeant · February 4, 1969
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.