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GARY ANTONE MEYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 22, 1949 – July 22, 1968
Service recordGary Antone Meyer, of Diamond Springs, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 35
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Diamond Springs, California (El Dorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 35
- JOHN PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- STEVEN RICKY OLSONLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- JACKIE RAY POLINGSergeant · July 22, 1968
- MYRON JEROME POOCKCaptain · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DALE ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 29
- EUGENE FESTER DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 30
- JOSEPH HILLMAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 30
- JOE MASON DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 32
- JOHN EGBERT GREESONSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 32
- ALLAN FREDRICK HAMSMITHSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 32
- MACKLIN OTIS HUGHESSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 33
- GERALD KIRBYPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 34
- DAVID MARK MAYMONCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 34
- JOHN PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 35
- JACKIE RAY POLINGSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 35
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.