This collection holds material about First Lieutenant Todd W. Weaver, a 2008 alumnus of the College of William and Mary '08, who died September 9, 2010, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. The collection includes correspondence, programs, news clippings, and related material from memorials, dedications, and other events. Included are a program and speech from the tree dedication ceremony at the College of William and Mary on November 14, 2010; correspondence by Jeanne Weaver, mother of Todd Weaver, about her favorite memories of her son; an advertisement for the establishment of the 1st Lt. Todd W. Weaver Memorial Award by the College of William and Mary; news clippings; and other material. Two DVDs containing the memorial service at Williamsburg Community Chapel, on September 25, 2010, and the interment service at Arlington National Cemetery, on October 14, 2010, are housed in the University Archives Audiovisual Collection.

A military challenge coin is included in the collection. Description is as follows: Challenge coin (4.4 centimeters in diameter, .3 centimeters width) featuring a full length sepia tinted portrait of Todd W. Weaver in Army uniform in the center. Outer edge is cadet blue with gold lettering. Words read; "1st Lieutenant Todd W. Weaver, It's not length but depth of life" on one side. The other side in the center is a bald eagle with a yellow ribbon below with the words; "Rendezvous with Destiny". Outer edge in same blue as flip side with gold lettering. Words on outer edge read; HAVOC 16, Airborne Ranger, KIA 9-9-10, Kandahar, Afghanistan.