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THOMAS HERMAN WEIGLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1950 – April 4, 1969
Service recordThomas Herman Weigle, of South Farmingdale, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 12
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 9, 1950
- Home of record
- South Farmingdale, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 12
- DAVID HAROLD MCDONALDSergeant · April 4, 1969
- ROGERS PULLINS JRPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE QUINNSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- DOUGLAS WAYNE RICHARDSCorporal · April 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH BRADLEY JAMESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27W, Line 10
- TEDDY CARL LOFTINSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 11
- ROGERS PULLINS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 12
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.