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PHILIP WARREN WEAVER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 30, 1947 – August 26, 1968
Service recordPhilip Warren Weaver, of College Park, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 35
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1947
- Home of record
- College Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 35
- MICHAEL PATRICK TROLIAPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TWISTPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- BILLY RAY VENABLESergeant · August 26, 1968
- VERNON MARTIN WALLACELance Corporal · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DUANE LORENZ BUSSELMANCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 27
From College Park
- JOHNNY F LONGWarrant Officer 1 · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN LIPSCOMBSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- JERRY GORDON WALLERLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- ROCKE DARRELL RAMSEYLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · October 7, 1967
- JOHNNY RAY BRYSONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- MARVIN LACY MAYOCorporal · March 26, 1968
- KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · September 19, 1968
- DAN BAKER NORTONPetty Officer First Class · September 28, 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.