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PETER JOSEPH WEIDEMIER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1947 – June 3, 1968
Service recordPeter Joseph Weidemier, of Alameda, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 7
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 7
- ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- DAVID CLARK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- MICHAEL LUND WILSONSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
- IKE OTHEL BONNERSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
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.