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MELVIN LEE WEAKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1950 – August 18, 1971
Service recordMelvin Lee Weaks, of Concord, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Concord, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3W, Line 134
- JEROME ALBERT BROWDER JRSergeant First Class · August 19, 1971
- DANIEL EUGENE GOODINSpecialist Four · August 19, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER GEO MORBITZERCaptain · August 19, 1971
- BRUCE MORGANSpecialist Four · August 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE CLYDE KUYKENDALLPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 133
From Concord
- JAMES HENRY FURRLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARLEE CANUP JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 14, 1967
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JAMES JUNIUS GRAYSergeant First Class · July 15, 1967
- TROY ALEXANDER GALYANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GARY STEVEN CHRISTENBURYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS PEEKPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 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.