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RICHARD QUENTIN WEEMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – November 6, 1967
Service recordRichard Quentin Weems, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 36
- MARTIN FREDERICK STERUDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- EDRICK KENNETH STEVENSPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- JOHN KARL TOOKELance Corporal · November 6, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.