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CARL LOUIS MEIER
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
October 20, 1932 – September 8, 1969
Service recordCarl Louis Meier, of Waco, Texas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 59
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- October 20, 1932
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 59
- THOMAS MICHAEL HUXSpecialist Five · September 8, 1969
- GARY RAY JACKSONSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
- CLARENCE EDWARD LOWDERFirst Sergeant · September 8, 1969
- EUGENE FENTON SMALLWOODLieutenant Colonel · September 8, 1969
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 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.