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RICHARD EARL WEISS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1948 – June 23, 1969
Service recordRichard Earl Weiss, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 4
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 4
- TIMOTHY HAYES SIMPKINSPrivate · June 23, 1969
- PERRY LUKE UNDERWOODPetty Officer Third Class · June 23, 1969
- CHARLES GRIFFIN VICKERSSergeant Major · June 23, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE NORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 123
- DENNIS MICHAEL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 4
From Falls Church
- LYELL FRANCIS KINGCaptain · February 18, 1966
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 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.