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CHARLES EDWARD MEEK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1947 – November 12, 1966
Service recordCharles Edward Meek, of St Clair, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 63
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- St Clair, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 63
- JAMES OLIVER HUGHESSergeant · November 12, 1966
- JAMES GRADEY JONESLieutenant (junior grade) · November 12, 1966
- JOHN AUGUST MCGRATHLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- DAVID HENRY PAULSENPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
From St Clair
- DENNIS CARROL MANNINGLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · February 24, 1966
- RONDA LEE RAGLINPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY GROSSLieutenant Colonel · December 10, 1967
- MARK LANE DICKSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- HOWARD JOHN HARTMANCorporal · August 29, 1968
- DEWAYNE THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- JOHN PIZZUTISpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- EARL CONRAD RIDER JRSergeant · March 18, 1969
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.