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WILLIAM JOSEPH WEIDINGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1947 – March 20, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Weidinger, of Bellevue, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 44
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 44
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- TOMMY ANDREW WALDONCorporal · March 20, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WHITEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- LOUIS CLAUDE ZUCKERMajor · March 20, 1968
From Bellevue
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD DUMASPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- THOMAS GEORGE IDLEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RONALD LEE SHAVERPetty Officer Third Class · June 22, 1968
- JESSIE JEROME GARRARDCorporal · June 26, 1969
- ROY CLAUDE BEASLEYSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
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.