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JOHN RANDOLPH WEIR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – March 11, 1969
Service recordJohn Randolph Weir, of Norwalk, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 15
- ALAN CRAIG MARTINSergeant · March 8, 1969
- PAUL WAYNE SHREWSBURYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- LARRY LEE STONERWarrant Officer 1 · March 11, 1969
- LARRY STRAHANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- CARLOS LEROY TARTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HOWARD BARKSDALESergeant · Panel 29W, Line 4
- WAYNE ALLEN BRATZSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 5
- MILFRED HAROLD DINGMANSergeant First Class · Panel 29W, Line 6
- VANDERBILT ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 7
- EDWARD THOMAS COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 8
- TERRELL THOMAS HAMSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 9
- SAMUEL LOYD HOLDERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 10
- VINCENT GENE LEWSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 11
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LEWISSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 11
- JEAN D MARTINSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 11
- JOHN FREDERICK MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 12
- KENNETH JAMES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 13
- CARLOS LEROY TARTTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 15
- HOWARD GREGORY WEBSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 16
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 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.