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WILTSE LEE WEBER
Captain · U.S. Army
December 20, 1943 – July 24, 1970
Service recordWiltse Lee Weber, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 50
- WILLIAM LELON SAWYER JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1970
- GREG DOUGLAS STEVENSONSpecialist Five · July 24, 1970
- JOHN ANTHONY SUNIGA JRPrivate First Class · July 24, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE DOUGLAS KIEMESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 49
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.