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JERRY ALAN WEIMER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordJerry Alan Weimer, of Ft Morgan, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Morgan, Colorado (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 57
- HAROLD ROBERT VOORHEISSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- ALBERT MARION WALTERSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- DONALD WALTER WELCHSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- FREDDIE LEE WHITLEYCorporal · August 23, 1968
From Ft Morgan
- GERALD GREENLieutenant (junior grade) · September 12, 1965
- DAN EDISON WARNERLance Corporal · October 8, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL MIDCAPPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
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.