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JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1946 – April 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Weatherford, of Mesquite, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 1
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Mesquite, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 1
- JERRY BOB TRUITTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- BOBBY GENE VINSONColonel · April 24, 1968
- RALPH VOSSSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- LESTER TIMOTHY WALKERSergeant · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN COXSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 44
- PAUL BAREN CREIGHTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 45
- LUIS ANTONIO ORTIZ-PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 48
- TERRY WILLIAM SHOOTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 48
- JAY DEE RICHTERSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 49
- JOHN HERSHEL SOUTHCaptain · Panel 51E, Line 49
- JERRY BOB TRUITTPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 1
- RALPH VOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 1
From Mesquite
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISCaptain · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT MALICHI HOWELL JRLance Corporal · August 3, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS WITHROWPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ROBERT BRYAN COTTENAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ANDREW SWANCYCorporal · September 23, 1967
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- GARY LEE LABONTECorporal · July 17, 1968
- SCOTT FERRIS MOORE JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 20, 1970
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · February 28, 1970
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.