THE WALL OF FACES

Lt Weiss was an Infantry Officer with M CO, 3rd BN, 27th Marines, 1st MARDIV. His unit was part of "Operation Allen Brook" on Go Noi Island, 4 KM E of Liberty Bridge, Quang Nam Province. 61 Marines fell during this battle. RIP Thomas, your bravery, courage and dedication to your country will never be forgotten.

Thomas is buried at St Peter & Paul Cemtery, Broomall, Delaware County,PA.

Marine Officer Killed by Sniper in S. Vietnam

A Marine officer who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy less than a year ago was killed by rifle fire on May 18 while on patrol near Quang Nam in South Vietnam.
He was Second Lt. Thomas J. Weiss, 23, Edgehill dr. near Winton, Havertown. He was attached to M Company 3rd Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division. He was wounded in action in Vietnam only last April 8 and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Lieutenant Weiss was graduated from Waldron Academy in 1958. He was a member of the rowing and swimming teams at St. Joseph's College High School, from where he was graduated in 1962.
He also rowed for the Vesper Boat Club and was a member of the Llanarch Country Club swimming team. He was a freshman rower at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied one year on a Navy Reserve Officers Corps scholarship, and a rower at the Naval Academy where he matriculated in 1964.
Surviving are his father, Dr. William A. Weiss, a physican; his mother, the former Agnes Elizebeth Wertzsberger; three brothers, Capt. James W. (USA), Donald J. and Robert D. a West Point plebe; his paternal grandfather, Anthony N. Weiss, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Agnes T. Wertzsberger.