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GREG EUGENE WEIGHTMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 4, 1947 – May 12, 1970
Service recordGreg Eugene Weightman, of Tekoa, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Tekoa, Washington (Whitman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 27
- CHARLES DARNELL MCMAHANStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1970
- RAMON MOYA JRSergeant · May 12, 1970
- BARRY THOMAS MULLINEAUXCaptain · May 12, 1970
- BRIAN STANLEY ORRCorporal · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CHILDRESS JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 22
- THEODORE GLENN DREWPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 23
- ROBERT EARL GREENCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 24
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 25
- ROBERT HENRY JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 25
- ROBERT LEE LEMONSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 26
- CHARLES DARNELL MCMAHANStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 27
- BRIAN STANLEY ORRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 27
- DAVID LESLIE PALMERPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 30
- STEPHEN LEO YONTZSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 30
From Tekoa
- WILLIAM PENN WALL IIISecond Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- ROBERT LOWELL MCCURDYCaptain · May 26, 1970
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.