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JAMES ROBERT WEISLER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 27, 1947 – October 2, 1969
Service recordJames Robert Weisler, of St Louis Park, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 2, 1969, in Thailand, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 27, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis Park, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 34
- ANTONIO GARZAPrivate First Class · October 3, 1969
- FRANCISCO GIRONSergeant First Class · October 3, 1969
- PAUL LEROY GRAFFECaptain · October 3, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN KUHNSSergeant · October 3, 1969
- RONALD JOHN MILLERPrivate · October 3, 1969
From St Louis Park
- EDWARD DAVID LARSONPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS MCDANIELPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN FORMAN LOBSINGERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- JOHN ALVIN ILSTRUP JRSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- GORDON DAVID WALENSKYLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- JOHN KIM VOGELSANGPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- JOSHUA B STEWARTSpecialist Five · March 15, 1973
- STEVEN DALE PLATHPrivate · March 28, 1971
- KENT DOUGLAS ERICKSONPrivate · March 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.