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HERBERT LEONARD MEGAR JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1948 – June 25, 1969
Service recordHerbert Leonard Megar JR, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 14
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
- Clerk (70A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 14
- TERRY ALLEN LOFFERCorporal · June 25, 1969
- STEPHEN GREGORY MAUSENSpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
- MITCHELL EARL NORTONFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1969
- CALVIN CHARLES RICE JRStaff Sergeant · June 25, 1969
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 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.