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RICHARD D WEEDER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 26, 1942 – October 17, 1967
Service recordRichard D Weeder, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 28
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 28
- MICHAEL MERLIN MILLERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RAYMOND BENJAMIN MINUSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
- ARTHUR BOBBITTCorporal · April 14, 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.