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GARY PAUL MEYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 2, 1946 – September 27, 1966
Service recordGary Paul Meyer, of Pleasanton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Pleasanton, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 23
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- CARROLL WAYNE POWELLLance Corporal · September 27, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY ROWLETTSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK EDWARD DZIWISZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 21
From Pleasanton
- JOSEPH MARIO CAGNACCISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOSEPH CLOUD JRSergeant · November 23, 1967
- ABEL JOSEPH DELA PAZPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- JEFFREY LYNN DAVISSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- RICHARD DEAN COVERT JRSergeant · February 14, 1971
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.