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VINCENT JAMES WEEDO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1946 – January 28, 1967
Service recordVincent James Weedo JR, of Hackensack, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Hackensack, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 93
- WILLIAM DEMSEY THORNTON JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- CHARLES M TITUSCaptain · January 28, 1967
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- JAMES LEE WATKINSLance Corporal · January 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLEN DIEUPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 90
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14E, Line 91
- PETER JOSEPH KELLER JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 91
- CHARLES M TITUSCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 93
- DONALD FRANCIS YATESCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 94
From Hackensack
- JOHN D MORGANSergeant · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GADDA JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK GANDILPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- JOHN COYLESpecialist Four · March 29, 1967
- HAROLD JEROME DILLARDLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- MANUEL MOORESpecialist Five · April 30, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD TOMENYSpecialist Five · May 22, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL KOZAKSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- JOHN BENJAMIN ABBATEMARCOSergeant · May 13, 1970
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.