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CHARLES HENRY MEAKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1950 – August 25, 1970
Service recordCharles Henry Meakins, of Austin, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Austin, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 6
- DORSEY MINCEY IIISpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- JACK MOSS JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- TERRELL LEE RAWLINSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 25, 1970
- RICHARD HUGH SAVIEOLance Corporal · August 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD GEORGE DICKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 2
- RONALD DALE BELARSKISergeant · Panel 7W, Line 3
- BARRY WILLIAM GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 4
- JOHN PATRICK HEARSCH JRCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 4
- JOHN JOSEPH KLIGAR IIISergeant · Panel 7W, Line 5
- TERRELL LEE RAWLINSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 7W, Line 6
- MICHAEL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 7
From Austin
- JERRY IRVEN HELLANDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
- TRACY STEPHEN TENHOFFLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · February 5, 1968
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · November 23, 1968
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · June 3, 1969
- JEAN ARTHUR KEARBYLieutenant Colonel · June 23, 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.