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GARY JON MEYER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
April 17, 1939 – December 18, 1968
Service recordGary Jon Meyer, of Evanston, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 18, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MAR DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Evanston, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 38
- ROGER HENRY STROUTFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- GERALD JAMES SZOSZOREKSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- GEORGE ANTHONY WEAVERSergeant · December 17, 1968
- JOHN RICHARDS BABCOCKLieutenant (junior grade) · December 18, 1968
From Evanston
- RICHARD FRANK WALLACECaptain · August 24, 1965
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ARTHUR ANDERSONLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOYLEFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- LEE OWENS WHITE JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- NELSON SAYLER LEHMAN JRCaptain · March 7, 1967
- CLAYTON WINSLOW JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1967
- ALLAN JOSEPH HERMANSecond Lieutenant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE KEATSCaptain · February 2, 1968
- ALBERT JEAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
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.