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DENNIS RAY MEETZE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 27, 1947 – May 28, 1969
Service recordDennis Ray Meetze, of Lexington, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Lexington, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 10
- RONNIE GENE KLOMSTADSeaman · May 24, 1969
- DAVID ROY MANNSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- THOMAS ALLEN NEBELPrivate First Class · May 28, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH ORRPrivate First Class · May 28, 1969
- CHRIS MONROE PYLEPetty Officer Second Class · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD EDWARD BARBERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 5
- DUDLEY JAMES BENEFIEL JRFirst Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 5
- JAMES STEPHEN COLOMBEROSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 6
- VALENTINE MARION DWORNIKSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 8
- DAVID ROY MANNSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 10
From Lexington
- WILSON CHARLES BICKLEYSergeant · September 2, 1966
- HAROLD REEVES SALE JRCaptain · June 7, 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.