{"id":881,"date":"2019-01-02T19:40:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T02:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deamaltzchallenge.com\/?p=881"},"modified":"2019-01-03T19:43:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T02:43:54","slug":"usmc-maj-james-m-weis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/02\/usmc-maj-james-m-weis\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Maj. James M. Weis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Marine Maj. James M. Weis <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Died July 22, 2010 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\n\t\t37, of Toms River, N.J.; assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd \nMarine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, \nCalif.; died July 22 in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, while supporting combat \noperations. Also killed was Lt. Col. Mario D. Carazo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3rd MAW helo pilots killed in Helmand province<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two\n Marine helicopter pilots were killed last Thursday during combat \noperations in Afghanistan\u2019s Helmand province, the Defense Department \nannounced Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Col. Mario D. Carazo, 41, of Springfield, \nOhio, and Maj. James M. Weis, 37, of Toms River, N.J., were AH-1W Super \nCobra pilots assigned to Marine Light-Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, \nsaid Maj. Jay Delarosa, a wing spokesman at Miramar Marine Corps Air \nStation in San Diego. The squadron is part of Marine Aircraft Group 39, \n3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and is based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military\n officials have not released details about the incident or said what \nbrought down the helicopter. \u201cThe incident occurred as they were \nengaging in combat,\u201d Delarosa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATO officials that day \nreported that two service members were killed in a helicopter crash near\n Lashkar Gah, Helmand\u2019s provincial capital, and the crash was under \ninvestigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carazo, who was commissioned in 1991, deployed to \nIraq in 2006 and 2008, Delarosa said. His military awards and \ndecorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, \nNavy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy-Marine Corps Achievement \nMedal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Iraq Campaign Medal, Afghanistan \nCampaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Global War on \nTerrorism Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed \nForces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Joint Meritorious \nUnit Award, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and Navy Meritorious \nUnit Commendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weis was commissioned in 1996 and deployed to \nIraq from 2005-06. His awards and decorations include the Meritorious \nService Medal, Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Combat Action \nRibbon, Air Medal (Individual Action), Navy-Marine Corps Achievement \nMedal, Air Medal (Strike\/Flight), Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq \nCampaign Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Global War on Terrorism \nService Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Humanitarian\n Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, \nNavy Meritorious Unit Commendation and Presidential Unit Citation-Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018He\u2019s in better hands now,\u2019 mom says<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Zach Patberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asbury Park (N.J.) Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOMS\n RIVER, N.J. \u2014 As the Marine Corps prepares to transport Maj. James M. \nWeis\u2019 body to California this week to be buried near where his wife and \ntwo children live, his mother is finding solace in knowing he died a \nhero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne Weis said her son loved the Marines and understood the risks involved in fighting for his country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\n knew what his job was, he signed up for it and he did it with the best \nof his ability,\u201d she said from her home in Homestead, Fla. \u201cHe\u2019s in \nbetter hands now, and I don\u2019t have to worry about him anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weis,\n 37, a Toms River native and decorated Marine pilot, was killed July 22 \nduring combat operations in Afghanistan\u2019s Helmand province. He was \nproviding air support for troops surrounded on the ground when his Cobra\n helicopter was hit by four surface-to-air missiles, Anne Weis said \nmilitary officials told her. Marine Lt. Col. Mario D. Carazo, 41, of \nSpringfield, Ohio, also died in the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weis was hoping to be \npromoted to lieutenant colonel and become a commanding officer after \nreturning from his most recent deployment, according to a Marine who \nserved with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His mother said Weis\u2019 older brother, William \nScott Weis, also a major in the Marines, is in Dover, Del., site of the \nU.S. military mortuary, preparing to escort Weis\u2019 body to California. \nWhile James Weis, his wife, Mae, and his two young sons lived in \nOceanside, Calif., his family is considering burying him near a San \nDiego harbor where Navy ships come into port, according to his mother. \nThe funeral likely will be Aug. 2, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weis, often called by\n his middle name, Matthew, was born in Eatontown but grew up in Toms \nRiver, where he graduated from Toms River North. Anne Weis, who moved to\n Florida several years ago, said her son fell in love with flying while \nin college at Rutgers University. He joined the Marines in 1994 and was \ncommissioned as an officer in 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weis was part of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He was on his third tour of duty when he was killed.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marine Maj. James M. Weis Died July 22, 2010 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom 37, of Toms River, N.J.; assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died July 22 in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, while supporting combat operations. Also killed was Lt. Col. Mario D. Carazo. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2019honorees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":912,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions\/912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}