Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 15-Apr-1948
Hometown: Falls Church, Virginia
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 28-Jun-1968
Start of tour: 21-Nov-1968
Incident date: 23-Jun-1969
Date of casualty: 23-Jun-1969
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Richard Earl Weiss was killed while gunner on a military vehicle on a military mission when a hostile force was encountered. / Gunner on Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) on reconnaissance in force mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SSG David Lee Nord
SP4 Richard Earl Weiss
PFC Dennis Michael Williams
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 706 935
Place of interment: Rose Hill Cemetery, Willard, Missouri, USA
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