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JOHN SIMMONS WEAVER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 8, 1950 – January 16, 1971
Service recordJohn Simmons Weaver, of Lombard, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Lombard, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 51
- CHARLES DAVID STCLAIRSpecialist Four · January 16, 1971
- LEE DAVIS STUART JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- WILLIAM HASSELL THIGPENFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
- JOHNNY NEWTON WARD JRCaptain · January 16, 1971
From Lombard
- WILLIAM ROSS ROMANOPrivate First Class · October 12, 1965
- RICHARD PHILLIP ROBBLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1965
- DIETER HANS BURGERStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1967
- CHARLES DENNIS PEKNYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
- WILLIAM PERRY LYONSSpecialist Four · July 4, 1970
- THOMAS FOREST HERRINGCorporal · December 17, 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.