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GARY LEE MERIDITH
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
September 23, 1946 – January 2, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Meridith, of Fremont, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 20
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
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 20
- FREDERICK LEE MANLYCorporal · January 2, 1968
- RONALD O MARQUEZSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- JACK WAYNE MILLERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JAMES WALTER MILLERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE CLARKSpecialist Four · February 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.