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ROY JULIAN WEATHERFORD JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1950 – December 11, 1968
Service recordRoy Julian Weatherford JR, of Warrenville, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 9
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
- May 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Warrenville, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 9
- JAMES ONLEY WEAVERCorporal · December 11, 1968
- DENNIS MELVIN WOODStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1968
- JAMES WOODWARDCorporal · December 11, 1968
- DAVEY MARLIN ADAMSWarrant Officer 1 · December 12, 1968
From Warrenville
- KENNETH MARVIN HATCHERPetty Officer Third Class · April 19, 1971
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.