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MICHAEL JOSEPH WEIK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1950 – April 17, 1970
Service recordMichael Joseph Weik, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 19
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
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; ten of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 19
- FREDERICK M SIMEONOFFWarrant Officer 1 · April 17, 1970
- ROBERT WILBUR SMITHCaptain · April 17, 1970
- JACK DEWAYNE TUGGLE JRSergeant · April 17, 1970
- BARCLAY LEONARD VOLKStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD RIVERS ANDREWS JRCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 16
- ALVIN EUCLID CROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 16
- DEAN ALLEN HARIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 16
- WILLIAM KENNETH HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 16
- HOWARD DENNIS LANDRYPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 17
- FREDERICK CURTIS MARSHSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 17
- HARVEY DAVID ROGERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 18
- FREDERICK M SIMEONOFFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 19
- JACK DEWAYNE TUGGLE JRSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- BARCLAY LEONARD VOLKStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.