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GREGORY LEO MEYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1948 – August 6, 1969
Service recordGregory Leo Meyer, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 103
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 103
- ANDREW MONTANIOPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- PAUL ALBERT NELSONCorporal · August 6, 1969
- SCOTT THOMAS NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1969
- DAVID MEDINA VALDEZSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HAROLD FINGERCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 101
- FRED GEROLD RINEHARTSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 104
- DAVID FRANCIS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 104
- AKKE JANS TIMMER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 105
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.