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DONALD LLOYD MEEHAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1949 – February 7, 1971
Service recordDonald Lloyd Meehan JR, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 84
- RUSSELL GLEN BLOCHERSergeant · February 7, 1971
- CHARLES LAMONT PEACECorporal · February 7, 1971
- JOSE MARIE ROCHACorporal · February 7, 1971
- DOUGLAS RALPH SCHMALTZCorporal · February 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALAN LARGENTPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 83
- RUSSELL GLEN BLOCHERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 84
- HARRY WOLFENDENSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 85
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 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.