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ALAN JAMES MEISHEID
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 17, 1949 – September 10, 1968
Service recordAlan James Meisheid, of South Daytona, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 18
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1949
- Home of record
- South Daytona, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 18
- HOWARD HENRY LUSCIERLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- NICHOLAS MARINO IIILance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE MOSELEYCorporal · September 10, 1968
- MERLE ELDON ROBERTSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE CARRPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 15
- PATRICK DENNIS FAYSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 16
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.