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KENNETH D WEIS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 3, 1930 – September 13, 1967
Service recordKenneth D Weis, of Salina, Kansas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1930
- Home of record
- Salina, Kansas (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 68
- DAVID LEON STRAITLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- PAUL ROBERT MACK STRANGECorporal · September 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE MARVIN SVOBODNYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- RONALD STEVEN SWEETSecond Lieutenant · September 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MACK ARTHUR ALSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 64
- JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELDCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 65
- DENNIS RAY HODGESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 65
- KENNETH CARL RAKENTINEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 66
- MICHAEL DAVID MINERPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 67
- SIDNEY MCARTHUR RASNICKPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 67
- WALTER FREDERICK STEFFENSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 67
- PAUL ROBERT MACK STRANGECorporal · Panel 26E, Line 68
From Salina
- LLOYD DEAN LAKEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- GARY DEAN NAILCorporal · April 3, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- MICHAEL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- EDDIE DEAN GADSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- THEODORE JANKE JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · July 21, 1968
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- YALE REZIN DAVIS JRMajor · November 19, 1968
- GEAROLD LEE BRANDTPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
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.