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ANDREW HARRY MESHIGAUD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1938 – December 17, 1971
Service recordAndrew Harry Meshigaud, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1971, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 89
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 89
- PETER CHARLES FORAMEFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1971
- DANIEL ROBERTS POYNORCaptain · December 19, 1971
- THOMAS WILLIAM SKILESWarrant Officer 1 · December 19, 1971
- HERBERT RALPH STONEKINGSpecialist Five · December 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM BELL JRSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 88
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.