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RICHARD ALWIN WESKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordRichard Alwin Weske, of Camarillo, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Camarillo, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 3
- ZBIGNIEW JOHN TOMASZEWSKIHospitalman · May 21, 1968
- GEORGE ELWOOD TONGENPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- ALLEN WALTER VANDERHOOFCorporal · May 21, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WALTHALLPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
From Camarillo
- LEWIS ALBERT KIMMEL JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- JAMES HENRY COONEYCorporal · July 4, 1967
- JAMES ROLAND PLAKELance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- WEDEN GARY HUMPHREYSergeant · February 1, 1968
- BARTON JOHN UPLINGERCaptain · February 19, 1968
- RUSSELL GENE HOFERCorporal · July 27, 1968
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · August 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH TREASURELance Corporal · October 16, 1968
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
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.