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BERNARD PHILLIP MEINEN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 13, 1948 – December 20, 1967
Service recordBernard Phillip Meinen JR, of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 31
- WILLIAM CAREY JANESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- LEROY JEFFERSONStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1967
- HORATIO LEE JONESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- WILLIAM COY JONESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
From Chippewa Falls
- FREDERICK WILLIAM BUNGARTZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- WILBUR ARNOLD SKAARMajor · May 17, 1968
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.