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GEORGE DALE WEEKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1939 – June 2, 1966
Service recordGeorge Dale Weeks, of Cross Plains, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 1
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Cross Plains, Texas (Callahan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 1
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- RALPH WARREN CASPOLECaptain · June 3, 1966
- RUSSELL THOMAS CHRISTIANLance Corporal · June 3, 1966
- RICHARD EARL DABNEY JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR BROXTON JRCorporal · Panel 7E, Line 132
- MIGUE CASTRO-CARRASQUILLOSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 132
- JERRY L FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 133
- THOMAS ORVAL GILBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 133
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR BURNETTSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 134
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 1
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.