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DARYL GENE MEIDINGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1946 – April 30, 1969
Service recordDaryl Gene Meidinger, of Moses Lake, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Moses Lake, Washington (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 85
- CARL EDWARD KLEINAUSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- RAYMOND JOHN KRUPINSKIFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN LAWRENCELance Corporal · April 30, 1969
- SAMUEL D LOVETTECorporal · April 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK CARL AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 81
- MICHAEL DAVID ERHARTSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 83
- GERALD EUGENE GORALCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 84
- RAYMOND JOHN KRUPINSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 85
From Moses Lake
- GERALD WAYNE MCCONNEL JRSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · June 6, 1968
- KAZUTO MORIWAKISergeant · November 7, 1968
- VICTOR M HODSONFirst Lieutenant · April 14, 1969
- STANLEY ALAN CARTERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · April 19, 1969
- RICHARD DENNIS ATORMajor · March 5, 1970
- DOUGLAS FRANK STRAITSpecialist Six · October 18, 1970
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.