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LONNIE HAROLD WEISHEIT
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 18, 1949 – June 21, 1970
Service recordLonnie Harold Weisheit, of Lynnville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 77
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Lynnville, Indiana (Warrick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 77
- BUFORD RONALD SPENCERSpecialist Five · June 21, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN BEZEGAStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1970
- MARK JOEL BUSHSergeant · June 22, 1970
- GEORGE CHAMBERS-QUIROZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN JAY W SMITHSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 76
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.