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DAVID LEE MEYER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1949 – January 11, 1971
Service recordDavid Lee Meyer, of Charles City, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 40
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Charles City, Iowa (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 40
- JAMES FREDERICK HUGGINSSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
- THOMAS FRANKLIN IRVINSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
- WILLIAM FRANK JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · January 11, 1971
- LEO JAMES ROSEStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1971
From Charles City
- DENNIS ALLEN CARLSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- STANLEY DEAN WHITEFirst Lieutenant · January 3, 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.