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ALLEN ROBERT MELDAHL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – November 15, 1968
Service recordAllen Robert Meldahl, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- White Bear Lake, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 71
- WILLIAM ROBERT KUCZEWSKIPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- BRENT ALEXANDER REEDERPrivate · November 15, 1968
- LEONARD LUKE THOMPSONSergeant · November 15, 1968
- ROBERT TRIVISONNOPrivate · November 15, 1968
From White Bear Lake
- JOHN FRANCIS REILLYLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JEROME F LEVASSEUR JRFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- JERROLD PATRICK SMITHPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JERRY NORMAN ELLISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- JAMES FREDERICK UTTERMARKStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
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.