Richard George Weid, Jr
Sergeant
3RD PLT, B CO, 1ST BN, 7TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Monroe, Michigan
September 19, 1943 to May 30, 1970
RICHARD G WEID Jr is on the Wall at Panel W10, Line 122

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Richard G Weid
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01 May 2002

He was a young man
But most called him "Pop"
Because at 26
He was at the top.

He was quiet
but always had a smile
and when he was needed
went the extra mile.

Like most of us, he was marking time
Just serve your country and it'll be fine.
But on May 30, he left us here
and headed for Glory without shedding a tear.

You're one up on us, "Pop",
because unlike the reception here
you got to see a homecoming parade
and heard a loud cheer!

SSGT William Henry
(B-1-7)
phenry@getgoin.net


 
03 May 2002


In the picture Dick Weid is on the left holding the M-79 grenade launcher. The guy on the right is me, Joe Persaud. I was Dick's squad leader at the time and through most of his tour. I was on R&R when he got killed.

We miss him.

Joe Persaud
JPers73235@aol.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

B Company, 1/7th Cavalry, lost three men as a result of an engagement on 30 May 1970 during the Cambodian incursion:
  • SGT Thomas S. Lipp, Glenside, PA;
  • SGT Harry D. Pickard, Greensboro, NC; and
  • SGT Richard G. Weid, Monroe, MI.
Sergeants Pickard and Weid were killed in the action. Sergeant Lipp was one of the men wounded; he died of his injuries on 01 March 1986 and his name was added to the Wall on Veterans' Day 1987.

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