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FERRELL EUGENE MEALER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – September 12, 1970
Service recordFerrell Eugene Mealer JR, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1970, 364 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 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 59
- CHARLES DONALD MATHEWSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1970
- WAYLAND F MCCAULEY JRPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- STEPHEN CHARLES NAHERSergeant · September 12, 1970
- JOHN GEORGE PAGEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GEORGE PAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 59
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 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.