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ROBERT GEORGE WEDDENDORF
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 29, 1944 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRobert George Weddendorf, of Inglewood, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 35
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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
- April 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 14 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 55E, Line 35
- MARION EDWARD WAUGHMajor · May 5, 1968
- FRANK WRIGHT WEBBFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD FOY WELLSSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- BOBBY RAY WILLIAMSChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE BLATTELChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 2
- RUSSELL WILLIAM EGGERTCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 10
- JAMES PAUL FREEMANSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 11
- DUANE MICHAEL NORMANDINCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 25
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 27
- BARRY THOMAS REINHARDTSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 28
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
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.