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ROBERT LESTER WEIHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1947 – March 28, 1969
Service recordRobert Lester Weiher, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 77
- CHARLES WALKERFirst Sergeant · March 28, 1969
- JAMES CLIFFORD WEST JRSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- LORNE JOHN WILSONPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- ROLAND STEVEN ZIERDENPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FRANCIS COOKSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 67
- ROGER JOSEPH DUMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 68
- FRED LEE GABBINSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 69
- GEORGE KENNETH GOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 69
- ALVIN FLYNN GUNTERSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 70
- THEODORE EDWARD MOON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 70
- WILLIAM JAMES MASKESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 71
- DUSTAN WILLIAM MEEKSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 71
- GARY WARREN GROWPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 72
- GARY JOE POLLOCKSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 74
- LON ARNOLD SPURLOCK IILieutenant Colonel · Panel 28W, Line 76
- JAMES MICHAEL SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 76
- JOHN WRIGHT SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 76
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
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.