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CHARLES J MEERHOLZ JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – April 21, 1968
Service recordCharles J Meerholz JR, of Bellmore, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellmore, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 26
- MICHAEL GLENN TURNERLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
- DAVID SOQUI URIASStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS VANAVERYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE GENE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 16
From Bellmore
- WILLIAM BLUE KLENERTLieutenant Commander · October 22, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL KENDRICKSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT PIAMBINOPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN WEIDNERCorporal · May 25, 1968
- MICHAEL CARMELO MANNINASpecialist Four · November 10, 1968
- GREG BENSON ELLISONFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 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.