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WALTER WEISS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1946 – February 21, 1967
Service recordWalter Weiss, of Middlesex, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 72
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Middlesex, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 72
- TROY FRANKLIN TOMBLINPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD WALKERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WAYNE THOMAS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
From Middlesex
- THOMAS PETER SIMCHOCKPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- DAVID HERBERT ELMANPrivate · March 30, 1966
- THOMAS WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM LUPUSergeant · September 25, 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.