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WESLIE DAVID MEWBORN
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 29, 1933 – September 8, 1964
Service recordWeslie David Mewborn, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 8, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electrician's Mate (AE)
- Born
- March 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1964
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1964. In September 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 63
- BRUCE DOUGLAS WEBBCaptain · August 18, 1965
- WILLIAM NEIL WILSONPrivate · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- ALLAN STEGALL JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
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.