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GARY WAYNE WEEKLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 6, 1949 – April 4, 1970
Service recordGary Wayne Weekley, of Middlebourne, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 94
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Middlebourne, West Virginia (Tyler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 94
- CECIL RAY SMITH JRSergeant · April 4, 1970
- WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- DANIEL KENNETH WELINPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- JEFFREY JEROME YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JACK WILLIAM CONNERSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 92
- DANIEL KENNETH WELINPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 94
From Middlebourne
- DONALD EVERETT PIERPOINTSergeant Major · September 29, 1971
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.