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KELLY WAYNE WEITZEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1949 – February 23, 1969
Service recordKelly Wayne Weitzel, of Spring Valley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Spring Valley, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 29
- JIMMIE SHERRILL WARRENSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- JOHN WILLIE WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- LESTER WILLIAM WEBERLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JAMES LEE WHITEPrivate · February 23, 1969
From Spring Valley
- DAVID ANDREW DILLONSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD WENDAL HOMUTHLieutenant · May 23, 1967
- DAVID RUSSELL JONESLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SEAMAN JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- MICHAEL NICHOLAS MASUENWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1969
- RONALD GENE LAUDERDALEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- JAMES DAVID ANELLACorporal · March 5, 1970
- NICHOLAS WHITTIER VROOMANSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- PETER MITCHELL LOPEZ JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 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.