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CARL FREDRICK MEIER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 11, 1944 – August 6, 1966
Service recordCarl Fredrick Meier, of Frontenac, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Frontenac, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 107
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES WILLETTSpecialist Four · August 5, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- DOUGLAS ANDREW JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
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.