Wayne Richard Weaver died as the result of a terrorist attack on the USS Stark while serving in the US Navy.
Electronics Technician Third Class, Ser. 190-60-4812, U. S. Navy, USS Stark FFG-31) (07 Apr 1965 PA-17 May 1987 Persian Gulf, buried Salem Church Cemetery, Frogtown, Clarion County, PA)
The Wayne Richard Weaver II Memorial Bridge on State Route 1005 in Clarion County, PA is named in his honor.
While protecting international shipping traveling through the Gulf during the Iraq-Iran War, the Stark was struck by two Exocet Missiles fired from an Iraqi F-1 Mirage Fighter Aircraft.
Weaver was awarded a Purple Heart Medal.
His name is third from the bottom on right hand column of the memorial plaque.
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Twenty-nine men were killed in the explosion and fire. Eight sailors died later of wounds and 21 others were wounded. Two Americans of the thirty-seven were lost at sea.
The USS Stark, a Perry class guided missile frigate with the Middle East Task Force was sailing off the Saudi Arabian coast near the Iran-Iraq war exclusion boundary
on May 17, 1987, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired missiles at the frigate.
The Iraqi government later apologized for the attack.
Source:Wikipedia and public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Electronics Technician Third Class, Ser. 190-60-4812, U. S. Navy, USS Stark FFG-31) (07 Apr 1965 PA-17 May 1987 Persian Gulf, buried Salem Church Cemetery, Frogtown, Clarion County, PA)
The Wayne Richard Weaver II Memorial Bridge on State Route 1005 in Clarion County, PA is named in his honor.
While protecting international shipping traveling through the Gulf during the Iraq-Iran War, the Stark was struck by two Exocet Missiles fired from an Iraqi F-1 Mirage Fighter Aircraft.
Weaver was awarded a Purple Heart Medal.
His name is third from the bottom on right hand column of the memorial plaque.
***********************************
Twenty-nine men were killed in the explosion and fire. Eight sailors died later of wounds and 21 others were wounded. Two Americans of the thirty-seven were lost at sea.
The USS Stark, a Perry class guided missile frigate with the Middle East Task Force was sailing off the Saudi Arabian coast near the Iran-Iraq war exclusion boundary
on May 17, 1987, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired missiles at the frigate.
The Iraqi government later apologized for the attack.
Source:Wikipedia and public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Wayne Richard Weaver died as the result of a terrorist attack on the USS Stark while serving in the US Navy.
Electronics Technician Third Class, Ser. 190-60-4812, U. S. Navy, USS Stark FFG-31) (07 Apr 1965 PA-17 May 1987 Persian Gulf, buried Salem Church Cemetery, Frogtown, Clarion County, PA)
The Wayne Richard Weaver II Memorial Bridge on State Route 1005 in Clarion County, PA is named in his honor.
While protecting international shipping traveling through the Gulf during the Iraq-Iran War, the Stark was struck by two Exocet Missiles fired from an Iraqi F-1 Mirage Fighter Aircraft.
Weaver was awarded a Purple Heart Medal.
His name is third from the bottom on right hand column of the memorial plaque.
***********************************
Twenty-nine men were killed in the explosion and fire. Eight sailors died later of wounds and 21 others were wounded. Two Americans of the thirty-seven were lost at sea.
The USS Stark, a Perry class guided missile frigate with the Middle East Task Force was sailing off the Saudi Arabian coast near the Iran-Iraq war exclusion boundary
on May 17, 1987, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired missiles at the frigate.
The Iraqi government later apologized for the attack.
Source:Wikipedia and public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Electronics Technician Third Class, Ser. 190-60-4812, U. S. Navy, USS Stark FFG-31) (07 Apr 1965 PA-17 May 1987 Persian Gulf, buried Salem Church Cemetery, Frogtown, Clarion County, PA)
The Wayne Richard Weaver II Memorial Bridge on State Route 1005 in Clarion County, PA is named in his honor.
While protecting international shipping traveling through the Gulf during the Iraq-Iran War, the Stark was struck by two Exocet Missiles fired from an Iraqi F-1 Mirage Fighter Aircraft.
Weaver was awarded a Purple Heart Medal.
His name is third from the bottom on right hand column of the memorial plaque.
***********************************
Twenty-nine men were killed in the explosion and fire. Eight sailors died later of wounds and 21 others were wounded. Two Americans of the thirty-seven were lost at sea.
The USS Stark, a Perry class guided missile frigate with the Middle East Task Force was sailing off the Saudi Arabian coast near the Iran-Iraq war exclusion boundary
on May 17, 1987, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired missiles at the frigate.
The Iraqi government later apologized for the attack.
Source:Wikipedia and public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Gravesite Details
US Navy: Rich's name is third from bottom on right side of plaque.
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