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DAVID WILLIAM MEISTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 27, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordDavid William Meister, of Cheswick, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Cheswick, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 6
- VICTOR LEE LAYNESpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD LOTTCorporal · May 8, 1968
- GERALD WAYNE MAYBERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS MORANSergeant · May 8, 1968
From Cheswick
- RONALD ANDREW MARTINSpecialist Four · October 4, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH KOPRIVNIKARPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
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.