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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Kenneth G Weightman JR.

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KENNETH G WEIGHTMAN JR

Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force

October 5, 1939 – June 10, 1966

Service record

Kenneth G Weightman JR, of Johnson, Vermont, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 10, 1966, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 8E · Line 32

Position of Panel 8E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman First Class (A1C)
Service
Regular
Born
October 5, 1939
Home of record
Johnson, Vermont (Lamoille County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 10, 1966
Age
26
Province
Ninh Thuan
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 8E, Line 32

From Johnson

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.