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ROBERT JAMES WEIDLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1950 – September 2, 1970
Service recordRobert James Weidle, of Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 35
- EDWARD PAUL DEIBEL IIISpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- RUFO SANTOS SANNICOLASLance Corporal · September 2, 1970
- WILLIAM GREGORY WALKER IISpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- RONNIE CHAVISPrivate First Class · September 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GREGORY WALKER IISpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 35
From Cornwells Heights
- RONALD JAMES SIENGOSecond Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- PAUL LESLIE DENNISLance Corporal · April 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE CLAMPFFERCorporal · May 6, 1968
- NEIL WILLIAM WEINTRAUBPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- GLENN HARRY ENGLISH JRStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1970
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.