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STEPHEN LEE WEISS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 25, 1944 – August 11, 1966
Service recordStephen Lee Weiss, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 128
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 128
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- DONALD LOYE RICHARDSONCorporal · August 11, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- THEODORE G WHITE JRSergeant · August 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANDREW CARDOTCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 126
- AUBREY CAULEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 126
- JIMMY LEON HOCKADAYCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 127
- DONALD LOYE RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 128
- JAMES WRIGHTCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 129
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.