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JOHN WEGER JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 29, 1940 – October 22, 1965
Service recordJohn Weger JR, of San Fernando, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 22, 1965, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 TR SQ
- Born
- June 29, 1940
- Home of record
- San Fernando, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1965; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “9 TR SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 132
- LEANDER GRIFFINSergeant · October 23, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- NORMAN ALEXIUS LEIKAMMajor · October 23, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE PETERSPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE MANNCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 130
From San Fernando
- VAUN ANDREWSSergeant · October 7, 1967
- ARTHUR BUSTAMANTELance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- WILLIAM GOODRO REICHSpecialist Four · November 18, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JAMES STEVEN ROGERSCorporal · September 15, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD UPRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1969
- DAVID RIVAS CASTILLOPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- DAVID RAMIREZ MENDOZASpecialist Four · March 26, 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.