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MONEK WEITZ
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1950 – May 25, 1969
Service recordMonek Weitz, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 108
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Artillery Scout Observer (0846)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 108
- LAWRENCE R OLIVEIRACaptain · May 13, 1969
- BILLY LEE THOMASSpecialist Four · May 25, 1969
- RALPH ALLAN VITCHSpecialist Four · May 25, 1969
- ALBERT CALVIN WALLS JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- JIM JAMES WALTERSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
From Roxbury
- MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEASpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- ISAAC JONESPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JOSEPH WESLEY DUNNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH DENNIS MCNULTYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- SIDNEY DANIEL LANE JRSergeant · April 29, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM MORGANLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
- BRISTOL ROBERTSON JRCorporal · October 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RODNEY W JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1968
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.