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WILLIAM CARRELL WEAVER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1936 – August 31, 1969
Service recordWilliam Carrell Weaver, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 18
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 26, 1936
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 18
- MARK STEVEN WITTPrivate First Class · August 31, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ACHER JRCaptain · September 1, 1969
- WILLIE WARNIE ALLEYTechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1969
- KENT STUART ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE LYNN COCHRANPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 14
- HOLLIS GARNELL MAPLECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 16
- LAURANCE RICHARD MOHN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 16
- JOHN A POLEFKACorporal · Panel 18W, Line 17
- MARK STEVEN WITTPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 18
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
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.