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THOMAS JOSEPH WEISS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1945 – May 18, 1968
Service recordThomas Joseph Weiss, of Havertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 3
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Havertown, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 3
- GARY JOSEPH THOMASCorporal · May 18, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALEXANDER WALKERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 18, 1968
- NATHAN WHITE JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- JAMES RAY YOUNGPrivate · May 18, 1968
From Havertown
- EDWARD LEON ROMIGLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- ELDRIDGE CHAR AIGELDINGERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- EDWARD JOHN RAFFERTYStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
- ALONZO R TOALMajor · January 6, 1968
- DENNIS LOUIS MAGRIESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD LEONARDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
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.