In Loving Memory ... EN2 GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER, Jr.
*** Enginman Second Class Weaver was a member of Detachment ALPHA, Mine Squadron 11, U.S. Navy. On November 1, 1966, he was killed when his mine sweeper hit a mine and sank in the Long Tau River south of Nha Be, South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in me, your brother, sisters and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER, JR. - Navy-EN2 - E5
Age: 27
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 2, 1938
From: LANCASTER, PA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Kathleen Mary Weaver and daughter, Kathern Ann(Kathy) Weaver Miranda, Born Oct. 16, 1964, both of MASS. Parents: Father, George Robert Weaver,Sr. and Mother Emma Mae Weaver, both of Lancaster, Penn.
***** KATHY WEAVER - MIRANDA
HIS ONLY CHILD HIS DAUGHTER
YORK PA
GEORGE R. WEAVER JR. IS MY DAD. I AM PROUD TO BE HIS DAUGHTER.HE WAS LOVING ,KIND AND A GOOD MAN..SEEING HIS NAME ON THE WALL BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES.THERE WAS A MAN THERE THAT KNEW MY FATHER AND I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT,, THANK YOU.. I WILL NEVER FORGET EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED..I LOVE MY DAD AND HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, I THINK OF HIM EVERYDAY.
***** GEORGE R. WEAVER,JR. Navy 12-2-38 - 11-02-66 George went to check on a Mine Sweeper that wasn't functioning properly and hit a mine himself. He was killed instantly. He was 28 years old.
Jim McIlhenney
Native Pennsylvanian & VietVet
EN2 - E5 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 10 years
His tour began on Nov 1, 1966
Casualty was on Nov 1, 1966
In GIA DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
Body was not recovered
Panel 12E - Line 9
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class George R. Weaver Jr. was assigned to Mine Squadron 11, Detachment ALFA.
On November 1, 1966, the minesweeper he was aboard hit a mine and sank in the Long Tau River south of Nha Be, South Vietnam.
Petty Officer Weaver was forward below decks at the time of the explosion, and the entire forward section of the boat was destroyed.
No identifiable remains were recovered.
It was believed at the time that Weaver could not have survived, and he was placed in a category of Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered.
Further, it was determined that his remains were non-recoverable.
Weaver is listed among the missing because his remains were not found.
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Find A Grave contributor Andre Dominguez has sponsored your memorial for George Weaver.
Thank you Andre Dominguez for your sponsorship.
Eddieb
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*** Enginman Second Class Weaver was a member of Detachment ALPHA, Mine Squadron 11, U.S. Navy. On November 1, 1966, he was killed when his mine sweeper hit a mine and sank in the Long Tau River south of Nha Be, South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in me, your brother, sisters and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER, JR. - Navy-EN2 - E5
Age: 27
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 2, 1938
From: LANCASTER, PA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Kathleen Mary Weaver and daughter, Kathern Ann(Kathy) Weaver Miranda, Born Oct. 16, 1964, both of MASS. Parents: Father, George Robert Weaver,Sr. and Mother Emma Mae Weaver, both of Lancaster, Penn.
***** KATHY WEAVER - MIRANDA
HIS ONLY CHILD HIS DAUGHTER
YORK PA
GEORGE R. WEAVER JR. IS MY DAD. I AM PROUD TO BE HIS DAUGHTER.HE WAS LOVING ,KIND AND A GOOD MAN..SEEING HIS NAME ON THE WALL BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES.THERE WAS A MAN THERE THAT KNEW MY FATHER AND I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT,, THANK YOU.. I WILL NEVER FORGET EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED..I LOVE MY DAD AND HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, I THINK OF HIM EVERYDAY.
***** GEORGE R. WEAVER,JR. Navy 12-2-38 - 11-02-66 George went to check on a Mine Sweeper that wasn't functioning properly and hit a mine himself. He was killed instantly. He was 28 years old.
Jim McIlhenney
Native Pennsylvanian & VietVet
EN2 - E5 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 10 years
His tour began on Nov 1, 1966
Casualty was on Nov 1, 1966
In GIA DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
Body was not recovered
Panel 12E - Line 9
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class George R. Weaver Jr. was assigned to Mine Squadron 11, Detachment ALFA.
On November 1, 1966, the minesweeper he was aboard hit a mine and sank in the Long Tau River south of Nha Be, South Vietnam.
Petty Officer Weaver was forward below decks at the time of the explosion, and the entire forward section of the boat was destroyed.
No identifiable remains were recovered.
It was believed at the time that Weaver could not have survived, and he was placed in a category of Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered.
Further, it was determined that his remains were non-recoverable.
Weaver is listed among the missing because his remains were not found.
*******************************************
Find A Grave contributor Andre Dominguez has sponsored your memorial for George Weaver.
Thank you Andre Dominguez for your sponsorship.
Eddieb
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In Loving Memory ... EN2 GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER, Jr.
*** Enginman Second Class Weaver was a member of Detachment ALPHA, Mine Squadron 11, U.S. Navy. On November 1, 1966, he was killed when his mine sweeper hit a mine and sank in the Long Tau River south of Nha Be, South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in me, your brother, sisters and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER, JR. - Navy-EN2 - E5
Age: 27
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 2, 1938
From: LANCASTER, PA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Kathleen Mary Weaver and daughter, Kathern Ann(Kathy) Weaver Miranda, Born Oct. 16, 1964, both of MASS. Parents: Father, George Robert Weaver,Sr. and Mother Emma Mae Weaver, both of Lancaster, Penn.
***** KATHY WEAVER - MIRANDA
HIS ONLY CHILD HIS DAUGHTER
YORK PA
GEORGE R. WEAVER JR. IS MY DAD. I AM PROUD TO BE HIS DAUGHTER.HE WAS LOVING ,KIND AND A GOOD MAN..SEEING HIS NAME ON THE WALL BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES.THERE WAS A MAN THERE THAT KNEW MY FATHER AND I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT,, THANK YOU.. I WILL NEVER FORGET EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED..I LOVE MY DAD AND HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, I THINK OF HIM EVERYDAY.
***** GEORGE R. WEAVER,JR. Navy 12-2-38 - 11-02-66 George went to check on a Mine Sweeper that wasn't functioning properly and hit a mine himself. He was killed instantly. He was 28 years old.
Jim McIlhenney
Native Pennsylvanian & VietVet
EN2 - E5 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 10 years
His tour began on Nov 1, 1966
Casualty was on Nov 1, 1966
In GIA DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
Body was not recovered
Panel 12E - Line 9
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class George R. Weaver Jr. was assigned to Mine Squadron 11, Detachment ALFA.
On November 1, 1966, the minesweeper he was aboard hit a mine and sank in the Long Tau River south of Nha Be, South Vietnam.
Petty Officer Weaver was forward below decks at the time of the explosion, and the entire forward section of the boat was destroyed.
No identifiable remains were recovered.
It was believed at the time that Weaver could not have survived, and he was placed in a category of Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered.
Further, it was determined that his remains were non-recoverable.
Weaver is listed among the missing because his remains were not found.
*******************************************
Find A Grave contributor Andre Dominguez has sponsored your memorial for George Weaver.
Thank you Andre Dominguez for your sponsorship.
Eddieb
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.
*** Enginman Second Class Weaver was a member of Detachment ALPHA, Mine Squadron 11, U.S. Navy. On November 1, 1966, he was killed when his mine sweeper hit a mine and sank in the Long Tau River south of Nha Be, South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in me, your brother, sisters and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER, JR. - Navy-EN2 - E5
Age: 27
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 2, 1938
From: LANCASTER, PA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Kathleen Mary Weaver and daughter, Kathern Ann(Kathy) Weaver Miranda, Born Oct. 16, 1964, both of MASS. Parents: Father, George Robert Weaver,Sr. and Mother Emma Mae Weaver, both of Lancaster, Penn.
***** KATHY WEAVER - MIRANDA
HIS ONLY CHILD HIS DAUGHTER
YORK PA
GEORGE R. WEAVER JR. IS MY DAD. I AM PROUD TO BE HIS DAUGHTER.HE WAS LOVING ,KIND AND A GOOD MAN..SEEING HIS NAME ON THE WALL BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES.THERE WAS A MAN THERE THAT KNEW MY FATHER AND I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT,, THANK YOU.. I WILL NEVER FORGET EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED..I LOVE MY DAD AND HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, I THINK OF HIM EVERYDAY.
***** GEORGE R. WEAVER,JR. Navy 12-2-38 - 11-02-66 George went to check on a Mine Sweeper that wasn't functioning properly and hit a mine himself. He was killed instantly. He was 28 years old.
Jim McIlhenney
Native Pennsylvanian & VietVet
EN2 - E5 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 10 years
His tour began on Nov 1, 1966
Casualty was on Nov 1, 1966
In GIA DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
Body was not recovered
Panel 12E - Line 9
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class George R. Weaver Jr. was assigned to Mine Squadron 11, Detachment ALFA.
On November 1, 1966, the minesweeper he was aboard hit a mine and sank in the Long Tau River south of Nha Be, South Vietnam.
Petty Officer Weaver was forward below decks at the time of the explosion, and the entire forward section of the boat was destroyed.
No identifiable remains were recovered.
It was believed at the time that Weaver could not have survived, and he was placed in a category of Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered.
Further, it was determined that his remains were non-recoverable.
Weaver is listed among the missing because his remains were not found.
*******************************************
Find A Grave contributor Andre Dominguez has sponsored your memorial for George Weaver.
Thank you Andre Dominguez for your sponsorship.
Eddieb
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