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EDWARD RALPH MEIEROTTO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 20, 1944 – March 10, 1969
Service recordEdward Ralph Meierotto, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 1
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MACKEY JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD MATYASPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- LEONARD CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- JULIUS AUGUSTA MITCHELLCorporal · March 10, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.