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DONALD DAVID MEIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1947 – June 1, 1968
Service recordDonald David Meis, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 4
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 4
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · June 1, 1968
- MARTIN ROWLAND MANESSPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN MUSZYNSKISergeant · June 1, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS WOLFECorporal · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EDWARD ARNOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 19
- JACK WAYNE CALFEEPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 20
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADYSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 22
- GEORGE RICHARD PROCTORStaff Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 5
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 9
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.