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VERNON RUBEN TWEEDY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 26, 1941 – March 5, 1968
Service recordVernon Ruben Tweedy, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 11
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1941
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương 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 43E, Line 11
- ARCHIE D SMITHSergeant · March 5, 1968
- JOSEPH BERNARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- JOSIAH SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN THOMAS MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 9
- GEORGE D NOVAKOVICSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 9
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.