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BERNARD EDWIN MEISTER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 20, 1938 – February 14, 1970
Service recordBernard Edwin Meister, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 10
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 334 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 20, 1938
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 10
- WAYNE ELDON KAUFMANPetty Officer Third Class · February 14, 1970
- ARTHUR WILLIAM KINSERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- HERMES PHILIPPE LUC LASWarrant Officer 1 · February 14, 1970
- ROBERT CLIFFORD MILLENDERSpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 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.