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DAVID PAUL MEYER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 6, 1944 – May 7, 1971
Service recordDavid Paul Meyer, of Collinsville, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 25
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Collinsville, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1971. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 25
- JOSEPH RICHARD SCHAFERSpecialist Five · May 6, 1971
- FRANK WALTER BENGTSONFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1971
- ARCHIE DENNIS CARNELLMaster Sergeant · May 7, 1971
- JOHN EDWIN POESCHLSpecialist Four · May 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FRANK WALTER BENGTSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 25
- LARRY WAYNE ROTHELSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 26
From Collinsville
- CHARLES BERNARD LANKFORDStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1963
- ROBERT WILCOX MOODYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- ADAM EDWARD WERSCHINGSergeant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN MOOREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- NORMAN EUGENE THOMASStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- JERRY LEE DODSONLance Corporal · February 25, 1968
- DAVID K DEMATTEISPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ALVIN LEE EVANOFFSpecialist Four · December 6, 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.