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JOHN HERBERT WEAVER
Commander · U.S. Navy
June 27, 1928 – January 17, 1969
Service recordJohn Herbert Weaver, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 17, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 30
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- June 27, 1928
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 30
- JIMMIE EDWARD TRENTSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- PAUL JOSIAH WILSONFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
- JEREMY ROBERT WOJTKIEWICZFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
- JOHN REX BARTLETTSergeant · January 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY CLEO SIMISONPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 34W, Line 29
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.