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WENDELL ALLEN WESTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordWendell Allen Weston, of Warren, Vermont, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 91
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Warren, Vermont (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 91
- WAYNE DOUGLAS STIGENPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- THOMAS ALVIN WHITBYSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES E WILSON JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JOSEPH WILBERT WOODARD JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 60
- ERNEST JOSEPH HUGHESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 72
- DAVID ALLEN LEFLERSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 74
- AARON HARVEY LOWESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 75
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.