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ROBERT LEE WEEDEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1946 – May 2, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Weeden, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Waukesha, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 21
- JERYL LINN WATKINSCorporal · May 2, 1968
- BRIAN FRANCIS WEDLAKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- STEVE CLIFTON WILDERCorporal · May 2, 1968
- PAUL MITCHELL WILLISPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
From Waukesha
- JAMES PETER HARTEAUPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- DONALD GLEN DINGELDEINPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- OTTO ROBERT ENSSLINCorporal · April 22, 1967
- JOHN D MORRISStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- CORNELIS A VANDERSTERRENCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT POFFCorporal · February 3, 1969
- WALTER CLAY BOOTHCaptain · March 26, 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.