Rank: Specialist 5
Unit: C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 26-Dec-1942
Hometown: Chula Vista, California
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 22-Aug-1967
Incident date: 17-Oct-1967
Date of casualty: 17-Oct-1967
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Richard D. Weeder died as the result of gunshot wound received while on dismounted patrol when hit by hostile small arms fire.
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California, USA
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