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DONALD HOWARD MEEK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 11, 1929 – September 16, 1965
Service recordDonald Howard Meek, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 84
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1929
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 84
- HAROLD VERNON DAYRINGER JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DAVID DUANE CASEPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- KENNETH RAY IRELANPetty Officer Second Class · September 16, 1965
- SAM IVEYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- IRVIN EUGENE MARTINCorporal · January 24, 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.