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HENRY KENNARD WEITZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 17, 1949 – April 6, 1970
Service recordHenry Kennard Weitz, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 102
- GREGORY WILLIAM STODDARTSpecialist Five · April 6, 1970
- DONALD PIERCE WOODFINPrivate First Class · April 6, 1970
- PAUL CLAYTON BOVANCorporal · April 7, 1970
- LARRY PHILLIP DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD PIERCE WOODFINPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 102
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.