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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Byron Weikal JR.

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WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JR

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

July 6, 1934 – June 17, 1967

Service record

William Byron Weikal JR, of Inglewood, California, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22E · Line 4

Position of Panel 22E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
July 6, 1934
Home of record
Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 17, 1967
Age
32
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 22E, Line 4

From Inglewood

All 27 names from Inglewood →

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.