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JACK WILTON WEATHERBY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 7, 1935 – July 29, 1965
Service recordJack Wilton Weatherby, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 29, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 45
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 7, 1935
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 45
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK EGANLieutenant Commander · April 29, 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.