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RICHARD RAYMOND WEISE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – December 5, 1967
Service recordRichard Raymond Weise, of St Peter, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- St Peter, Minnesota (Nicollet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 42
- DONALD MYRICK RUSSELLColonel · December 5, 1967
- ROBERT ISAAC TERRY IIISecond Lieutenant · December 5, 1967
- JAMES D VANHOOSIERSpecialist Four · December 5, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ADKINSSpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
From St Peter
- FREDRICK JOSEPH BRENKEPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- HARVEY GORDON ENZSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- STEVEN EDWARD WETTERGRENPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- MELVILLE ALBERT LURTH JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLELLANSecond Lieutenant · November 21, 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.