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TERRY LEE WEAVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1945 – March 2, 1968
Service recordTerry Lee Weaver, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 44
- WALTER C VELVET JRSergeant · March 2, 1968
- LARRY HUSTON WALDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- GARY WINSTON WATKINSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 28
- NORMAN JOSEPH ERBLANDSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 30
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 31
- JOSE RODRIGUEZ-ACEVEDOCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 32
- FRANCIS LEON JEANTETCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 33
- ROBERT JAMES JENKSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 33
- NEIL STEWART THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 42
From Marion
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- TERRY VIRGIL LEACHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- CARL DINGUSCorporal · February 3, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- LARRY DEE SHERMANSpecialist Four · March 13, 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.