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MICHAEL FRANCIS WEISSERT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 6, 1945 – October 11, 1967
Service recordMichael Francis Weissert, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 91
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 815 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 91
- WILLIAM HENRY NEUSSCaptain · October 11, 1967
- WILLIAM VICTOR PENNYCorporal · October 11, 1967
- THOMAS DEWEY PIPKIN JRPrivate · October 11, 1967
- MILTON SNOW JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.