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THOMAS WESTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1942 – April 17, 1967
Service recordThomas Weston JR, of Dawson, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · 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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Dawson, Georgia (Terrell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 44
- JOSEPH MANUEL ARAGONSergeant First Class · April 18, 1967
- RONALD DWIGHT BRUCESpecialist Four · April 18, 1967
- LEROY BUFORDSergeant · April 18, 1967
- CHARLES CURTIS CLENDENENSpecialist Four · April 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ANDREW DISHMANPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 38
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 42
- RICHARD LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 43
From Dawson
- BENNIE FRANK HUMPHRIESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- OLIVER ANDERSONSergeant First Class · May 3, 1968
- LEROY SHANNON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.