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EDWARD HOWARD MEEKER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – June 18, 1968
Service recordEdward Howard Meeker JR, of Edison, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 589 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Edison, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 589 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 25
- DAVID JOSEPH MARSHLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MATHEWSCorporal · June 18, 1968
- RANDY LEE MATHIASLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- EDDIE LEE MAULDINCorporal · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARLETON PHILIP HASTINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 22
From Edison
- WILLIAM SHORTTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- RONALD MICHAEL MAYERCIKCaptain · November 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER PAVLOCAK JRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD TAMAGNINIPetty Officer Third Class · June 15, 1968
- JOSEPH LOUIS JACKSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
- HENRY JAMESPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER COLASURDOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- WILLIAM PHILIP GOODINGSergeant · August 17, 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.