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JERRY MICHAEL WEAVER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1946 – July 16, 1970
Service recordJerry Michael Weaver, of Niles, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Niles, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 24
- PETER PAUL AULETTIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
- ROBERT GARY CRICHTONSergeant · July 17, 1970
- GREGORY KEITH KRUEGERSergeant · July 17, 1970
- GREGORY DEAN UNZICKERStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK ELLIOTT MCNUTTCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 23
From Niles
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROUSSOSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS LINN JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VINNEDGESpecialist Four · October 5, 1969
- CARL DEAN DIXONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- JAMES ALLEN WELLSCaptain · September 16, 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.