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OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 5, 1931 – March 23, 1961
Service recordOscar Branch Weston JR, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 23, 1961, in Laos, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 314 AIR DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1931
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1961
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1961. In March 1961, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “314 AIR DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Laos, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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 1E, Line 3
- THEODORE GLEN FELANDSpecialist Four · April 20, 1961
- GERALD MACK BIBERSergeant · April 22, 1961
- JOHN MALCOLM BISCHOFFSergeant First Class · April 22, 1961
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
Same unit, same day
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 1
From Norfolk
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT BRUCE KNUTSONPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.