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BURT JOSEPH MEYER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 18, 1948 – February 28, 1969
Service recordBurt Joseph Meyer JR, of Flushing, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 95
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 95
- GERALDO MARQUEZSergeant · February 28, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR MCADAMSCaptain · February 28, 1969
- JERRY SYLVESTER MCDONALDSergeant · February 28, 1969
- STEVE MIRICK JRPrivate · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 87
- IRWIN BEYDASergeant · Panel 31W, Line 88
- JOSE CRESPOPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 90
- STEVE MIRICK JRPrivate · Panel 31W, Line 95
- JOE BEN STUART JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 96
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 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.