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KURT FREDERICK WEISMAN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 15, 1946 – April 26, 1972
Service recordKurt Frederick Weisman, of Jasper, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 26, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 8
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 13 AF
- Born
- September 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Jasper, Indiana (Dubois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1972; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 8
- THOMAS KNOWLES DUFFYLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1972
- THOMAS FRANCIS SHAWFirst Lieutenant · April 27, 1972
- ROBERT LEE SOWERSColonel · April 27, 1972
- CLAUD PAUL STROTHERWarrant Officer 1 · April 27, 1972
From Jasper
- DONALD JOSEPH KNEBELPrivate First Class · December 25, 1970
- BARTON SCOTT WADECommander · July 21, 1972
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.