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MICHAEL DALE WEEKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 25, 1950 – September 17, 1969
Service recordMichael Dale Weeks, of Bountiful, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 107
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Bountiful, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 107
- RICHARD MATHIAS TURNERHospitalman · September 17, 1969
- WILLIAM HERMAN WAIDMAN JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- JOHN WESLEY WALKERPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- HARVEY LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ELLSWORTH PEARSONCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 105
From Bountiful
- ROBERT RALPH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- STEVEN FRANKLIN MATHIASLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- PHILIP JAMES KREK JRSergeant · March 26, 1968
- RANDY LEE MATHIASLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- ROBERT CONRAD SHANNONCorporal · July 20, 1968
- TERRY BUCKLES DAYLance Corporal · September 29, 1968
- JACK ALBERT HARKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 9, 1969
- STEVEN DANNY LUNDLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
- DONN WHITNEY BELANDERPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH SKEWESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1971
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.