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RICHARD JOHN WEIDNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 21, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordRichard John Weidner, of Bellmore, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Bellmore, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 7
- ROBERT ARNOLD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- LLOYD LOREN WILLARDSergeant · May 25, 1968
- ERNEST C WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- DON CLAUDE WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS J DAVIS IIISergeant · Panel 69W, Line 1
- DANIEL JOHN HOMMELCorporal · Panel 68W, Line 3
- HERBERT WAYNE MOODYCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 1
- JAMES HUNTER SHOTWELLCaptain · Panel 67W, Line 4
- ELMER WAYNE THOMASCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 5
From Bellmore
- WILLIAM BLUE KLENERTLieutenant Commander · October 22, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL KENDRICKSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT PIAMBINOPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- CHARLES J MEERHOLZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- MICHAEL CARMELO MANNINASpecialist Four · November 10, 1968
- GREG BENSON ELLISONFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 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.