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HAROLD DALE MEYERKORD
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 9, 1937 – March 16, 1965
Service recordHarold Dale Meyerkord, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1965, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 96
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
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Born
- October 9, 1937
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1965; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 96
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- LOUIE SNYDER PARHAMCorporal · March 16, 1965
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- WILLIAM HENRY CAMPBELLCaptain · March 21, 1965
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- 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
- MARVIN ELLIS CURRYSpecialist Four · October 31, 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.